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The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
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Volume 26, 1972 - Issue 2
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Thin film nucleation kinetics

M. J. Stowell TI Research Laboratories, Hinxton Hall, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, Essex
Pages 361-374 | Received 02 Dec 1971, Published online: 02 Sep 2006

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J.A. Venables. (1973) Rate equation approaches to thin film nucleation kinetics. The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics 27:3, pages 697-738.
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