R Backofen and A Voigt 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 464109 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/46/464109
R Backofen and A Voigt
Show affiliationsWe extract the anisotropy of the solid–liquid interfacial energy of small crystals using phase field crystal simulations. The results indicate a strong dependence of the interfacial energy on the parameters in the phase field crystal model determining the position in the solid–liquid coexistence region in the phase diagram. Furthermore a size dependence of the anisotropy is shown if the crystal shape is reduced to the size of a nucleus.
68.08.-p Liquid-solid interfaces
Soft matter, liquids and polymers
Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Issue 46 (18 November 2009)
Received 22 April 2009
Published 27 October 2009
R Backofen and A Voigt 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 464109
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