title: Beyond the constraints underlying Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami theory related to the growth laws.
abstract: The theory of Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami for phase transition kinetics is subjected to severe limitations concerning the functional form of the growth law. This paper is devoted to sidestepping this drawback through the use of the correlation function approach. Moreover, we put forward an easy-to-handle formula, written in terms of the experimentally accessible actual extended volume fraction, which is found to match several types of growths. Computer simulations have been performed for corroborating the theoretical approach.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomellini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fanfoni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006128:Growth / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical