%0 Journal Article
%T Estimation of Nucleation Thermodynamical Parameters of La<sub>2</sub>Sr<sub>2</sub>xCuO<sub>4</sub> (LSCO) and YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7¨Cδ</sub> (YBCO) Crystallizing from High Temperature Solution
%A Shahida Akhter
%A Deba Prasad Paul
%J Crystal Structure Theory and Applications
%P 17-23
%@ 2169-2505
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/csta.2016.52002
%X The growth kinetics of LSCO and YBCO single crystals from high temperature solution of LSCO-CuO solute-solvent and YBCO-CuO solute-solvent systems has been investigated. Based on regular solution model and classical nucleation theory, the thermodynamical data investigated for the systems are used to determine the nucleation parameters: interfacial free energy, metastable zone-width, volume free energy, critical energy barrier for nucleation and radius of critical nucleus for LSCO and YBCO which leads to the understanding of the nucleation phenomena of LSCO and YBCO.
%K LSCO
%K YBCO
%K Interfacial Energy
%K Metastable Zone-Width
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=66239