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Sphere-plate sintering





3D-lattice kinetic Monte Carlo simulation

conserved-order-parameter Ising model with nearest neighbor (NN) interaction J_NN

f.c.c. lattice (12 NNs; J_NN/kT_c = 0.40837)

here: J_NN/kT = 1.5 (for all particles; no evaporation into the gas phase)

color key (left): coordination number from red (monomers) to purple (12 NNs)

color key (right): initial affiliation (red=sphere; green=plate)

number of atoms: 8589 (sphere) + 65536 (plate)

f.c.c. <001>-directions are parallel to the simulation cell axes

time is measured in Monte Carlo steps (MCS)

periodic boundary conditions laterally

further information on sintering on Wikipedia.

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Copyright: Dr. Lars Röntzsch, Dresden, GERMANY.