Despite its importance, nucleation is still not well understood, and this unique book addresses that need. It develops the theory of nucleation from first principles in a comprehensive and clear way, ...

nucleation mechanisms, and specific systems. This new edition incorporates significant advances in theory, experimental observations of dislocations, and new findings from first principles and ...

PRE 2009), the theory of crystal nucleation under shear flow (Mura & Zaccone PRE 2016), the theoretical prediction of boson-like peaks in the vibrational spectra of crystals (Milkus & Zaccone PRB ...