Statistical mechanics of equilibrium crystal shapes: Interfacial phase diagrams and phase transitions

Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy

John W. Cahn, J. E. Hilliard · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1958 · 10.3K citations

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The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces

W. K. Burton, N. Cabrera, F. C. Frank · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1951 · 5.3K citations

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Molecular Theory of Capillarity

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Instabilities and pattern formation in crystal growth

J. S. Langer · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1980 · 2.6K citations

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