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John W. Cahn

288

Works

53,579

Citations

79

h-index

184

i10-index

Research Topics

Solidification and crystal growth phenomena nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions Microstructure and mechanical properties

Affiliations

Northwestern University2000–2000

Izmir Institute of Technology2003–2003

Saint-Gobain (France)1988–1988

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1988–1988

March of Dimes2016–2016

Top Works

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

John W. Cahn,J. E. Hilliard

195810,098 citations

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties

Quasicrystal Structures and Properties

Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry

D. Shechtman,I. A. Blech,et al.

19846,957 citations

A microscopic theory for antiphase boundary motion and its application to antiphase domain coarsening

Samuel M. Allen,John W. Cahn

19793,652 citations

On spinodal decomposition

19613,495 citations

Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. III. Nucleation in a Two-Component Incompressible Fluid

John W. Cahn,J. E. Hilliard

19591,967 citations

Critical point wetting

19771,907 citations

Phase Separation by Spinodal Decomposition in Isotropic Systems

19651,871 citations

The impurity-drag effect in grain boundary motion

19621,439 citations

The kinetics of grain boundary nucleated reactions

19561,002 citations