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According to Wikipedia, John Werner Cahn was an American scientist and recipient of the 1998 National Medal of Science. Born in Cologne, Weimar Germany, he was a professor in the department of metallurgy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1964 to 1978. From 1977, he held a position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology . Cahn had a profound influence on the course of materials research during his career. One of the foremost authorities on thermodynamics, Cahn applied the basic laws of thermodynamics to describe and predict a wide range of physical phenomena.

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Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy (1958) (8336)
Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry (1984) (5040)
On Spinodal Decomposition (1961) (1969)
Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy and Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. III. Nucleation in a Two‐Component Incompressible Fluid (2013) (1744)
Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. III. Nucleation in a Two‐Component Incompressible Fluid (1959) (1564)
Phase Separation by Spinodal Decomposition in Isotropic Systems (1965) (1435)
Critical point wetting (1977) (1412)
The Impurity‐Drag Effect in Grain Boundary Motion (1962) (1120)
The kinetics of grain boundary nucleated reactions (1956) (832)
On spinodal decomposition in cubic crystals (1962) (696)
Coupling grain boundary motion to shear deformation (2006) (641)
The Interactions of Composition and Stress in Crystalline Solids. (1984) (516)
Theory of crystal growth and interface motion in crystalline materials (1960) (508)
A linear theory of thermochemical equilibrium of solids under stress (1973) (439)
Indexing of icosahedral quasiperiodic crystals (1986) (410)
Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. II. Thermodynamic Basis (1959) (397)
The molecular mechanism of solidification (1964) (390)
A unified approach to motion of grain boundaries, relative tangential translation along grain boundaries, and grain rotation (2004) (374)
Dendritic and spheroidal growth (1961) (367)
A vector thermodynamics for anisotropic surfaces: I. Fundamentals and application to plane surface junctions (1972) (362)
The kinetics of cellular segregation reactions (1959) (345)
Transformation kinetics during continuous cooling (1956) (330)
Mechanisms of phase transformations within the miscibility gap of Fe-rich Fe-Al alloys (1976) (317)
Nucleation on dislocations (1957) (313)
The Cahn–Hilliard equation with a concentration dependent mobility: motion by minus the Laplacian of the mean curvature (1996) (292)
Mechanism for diffusion induced grain boundary migration (1981) (278)
Coherent fluctuations and nucleation in isotropic solids (1962) (261)
Quasicrystals (2001) (253)
A simple model for coherent equilibrium (1984) (247)
Overview No. 98 I—Geometric models of crystal growth (1992) (237)
Overview no. 113 surface motion by surface diffusion (1994) (229)
Spinodal decomposition in age hardening copper-titanium alloys (1975) (223)
Linking anisotropic sharp and diffuse surface motion laws via gradient flows (1994) (208)
Surface stress and the chemical equilibrium of small crystals—II. Solid particles embedded in a solid matrix (1982) (199)
Thermochemical equilibrium of multiphase solids under stress (1978) (198)
A Microscopic Theory for Domain Wall Motion and Its Experimental Verification in Fe‐Al Alloy Domain Growth Kinetics (1977) (196)
Spinodal decomposition: A reprise (1971) (188)
Traveling Wave Solutions for Systems of ODEs on a Two-Dimensional Spatial Lattice (1998) (187)
Surface stress and the chemical equilibrium of small crystals—I. the case of the isotropic surface (1980) (186)
Divergent pearlite in a manganese eutectoid steel (1963) (184)
The later stages of spinodal decomposition and the beginnings of particle coarsening (1966) (183)
Mean stresses in microstructures due to interface stresses: A generalization of a capillary equation for solids (1997) (182)
An Interface Phase Transition: Complete to Partial Wetting (1980) (181)
Pairwise interactions and the ground state of ordered binary alloys (1971) (181)
Diffusion induced grain boundary migration (1979) (174)
Elastically Induced Shape Bifurcations of Inclusions (1984) (170)
Duality of dislocation content of grain boundaries (2006) (151)
Grain-Boundary Melting Transition in a Two-Dimensional Lattice-Gas Model, (1980) (145)
Discontinuous Coarsening of Aligned Eutectoids (1974) (144)
Coherent and incoherent equilibria in iron-rich iron-aluminum alloys (1975) (144)
Shape evolution by surface diffusion and surface attachment limited kinetics on completely faceted surfaces (1995) (142)
Spinodal decomposition during continuous cooling (1966) (140)
A Vector Thermodynamics for Anisotropic Surfaces (1972) (126)
A Vector Thermodynamics for Anisotropic Surfaces (1972) (126)
Experimental test of classical nucleation theory in a liquid-liquid miscibility gap system (1973) (118)
Theory of interphase and antiphase boundaries in f.c.c. alloys (1979) (118)
Diffuse interfaces with sharp corners and facets: phase field models with strongly anisotropic surfaces (1998) (117)
Magnetic Aging of Spinodal Alloys (1963) (106)
Spinodal decomposition in ternary systems (1971) (96)
The Impurity-Drag Effect in Grain Boundary Motion (2013) (93)
(111) Surface tensions of III–V compounds and their relationship to spontaneous bending of thin crystals (1964) (92)
Transitions and Phase Equilibria Among Grain Boundary Structures (1982) (81)
Evolution equations for phase separation and ordering in binary alloys (1994) (80)
Theory of ice premelting in monosized powders (1992) (76)
Crystal shapes and phase equilibria: A common mathematical basis (1996) (74)
A 6‐D Structural Model for the Icosahedral (Al,Si)‐Mn Quasicrystal (1988) (73)
The Time Cone Method for Nucleation and Growth Kinetics on a Finite Domain (2013) (70)
Spatially Discrete Nonlinear Diffusion Equations (1995) (70)
An analysis of the capillary forces in liquid-phase sintering of spherical particles (1970) (70)
The Metastable Liquidus and Its Effect on the Crystallization of Glass (1969) (66)
Theory of domain walls in ordered structures—II: Pair approximation for nonzero temperatures (1962) (66)
Stability of rods with anisotropic surface free energy (1979) (66)
Microstructural evolution in two-dimensional two-phase polycrystals (1993) (65)
The centennial of the Gibbs-Konovalov rule for congruent points (1981) (65)
Excess energy of grain-boundary trijunctions: an atomistic simulation study (1999) (63)
Thermodynamics of Solid and Fluid Surfaces (2013) (63)
Monotectic composite growth (1979) (62)
On diffusional mass transport in polycrystals containing stationary or migrating grain boundaries (1979) (61)
Thermal activation under shear (2001) (61)
A correction to the ground state of FCC binary ordered alloys with first and second neighbor pairwise interactions (1973) (61)
Anisotropy of interfaces in an ordered alloy: a multiple–order–parameter model (1997) (61)
Geometric Models of Crystal Growth (2013) (60)
A phase-field model for diffusion-induced grain-boundary motion (1997) (58)
Analysis of Capillary Forces in Liquid‐Phase Sintering of Jagged Particles (1970) (58)
Stability, microstructural evolution, grain growth, and coarsening in a two-dimensional two-phase microstructure (1991) (56)
Phase changes in a thin plate with non-local self-stress effects (1992) (56)
Equilibrium geometries of anisotropic surfaces and interfaces (1993) (54)
Thickness of the Liquid-Vapor Wetting Layer (1982) (54)
On the equilibrium segregation at a grain boundary (1959) (53)
Theory of domain walls in ordered structures—I. Properties at absolute zero (1961) (52)
Variational methods for microstructural-evolution theories (1997) (52)
Theory of domain walls in ordered structures—III: Effect of substitutional deviations from stoichiometry (1966) (49)
A free-boundary model for diffusion-induced grain boundary motion (2001) (46)
OXIDATION OF HYDRAZINE IN SOLUTION (1954) (45)
A vector thermodynamics for anisotropic surfaces II. Curved and faceted surfaces (1974) (45)
Thermodynamic and structural changes in deformation twinning of alloys (1977) (45)
A crystalline aggregate with icosahedral symmetry: Implication for the crystallography of twinning and grain boundaries (1989) (44)
ON THE USE OF LINEAL ANALYSIS FOR OBTAINING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN OPAQUE SAMPLES (1956) (43)
Rapid solidification and ordering of B2 and L21 phases in the NiAlNiTi system (1988) (40)
On the nature of the interface between a solid metal and its melt (1958) (39)
Phase diagram features associated with multicritical points in alloy systems (1982) (39)
Pauling's model not universally accepted (1986) (38)
Diffusion-induced grain boundary migration in the Cu?Zn system? (1982) (37)
The symmetry of martensites (1977) (35)
Formation and stability range of the G phase in the AlMn system (1986) (35)
An invariant formulation of multicomponent diffusion in crystals (1983) (34)
Thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions at interfaces in composites (1990) (33)
An Evaluation of Procedures in Quantitative Metallography for Volume‐Fraction Analysis (2013) (33)
Stress effects on III‐V solid‐liquid equilibria (1987) (33)
Metrics, measures, and parametrizations for grain boundaries: a dialog (2006) (33)
Solid–liquid equilibrium for non-hydrostatic stress (2004) (31)
Shape accommodation of a rotating embedded crystal via a new variational formulation (2007) (29)
Catalog of saddle shaped surfaces in crystals (1986) (28)
On tricritical points resulting from the intersection of lines of higher-order transitions with spinodals (1976) (27)
Theory of anisotropic growth rates in the ordering of an f.c.c. alloy (1998) (27)
Theory of orientation textures due to surface energy anisotropies (1988) (26)
The Raschig Synthesis of Hydrazine (1954) (26)
Ground State of F.C.C. Alloys with Multiatom Interactions (1979) (26)
Periodic and quasiperiodic crystals (1986) (25)
Thermodynamics of Cottrell atmospheres tested by atomistic simulations (2016) (25)
Exponentially rapid coarsening and buckling in coherently self-stressed thin plates (1995) (24)
The thermochemical implications of deformation twinning and martensite transformations (1992) (24)
Ordering in copper-titanium alloys (1974) (23)
The Effect of Size and Distribution of Second Phase Particles and Voids on Sintering (1973) (23)
A correction to spinodal decomposition in cubic crystals (1964) (23)
Symmetry constraints on the orientation dependence of interfacial properties: the group of the Wulff plot (1982) (22)
On Hillert's grain growth catalyst (1965) (22)
Interaction of Condensable Gases with Cold Surfaces (1960) (22)
A model for connectivity in multiphase structures (1966) (21)
On invariances in surface thermodynamic properties and their applications to low symmetry crystals (1975) (21)
The crystal structure of the metastable precipitate in copper-based copper-titanium alloys (1974) (20)
Motion by curvature and impurity drag: resolution of a mobility paradox (2000) (19)
Coherent two-phase equilibrium (1966) (19)
Analysis of a corner layer problem in anisotropic interfaces (2005) (18)
Symmetries of grain boundary trijunctions (1994) (18)
A method for the absolute measurement of anisotropic surface free energies (1977) (18)
Thermodynamic aspects of Cottrell atmospheres (2013) (18)
Cell adhesion to borate glasses by colloidal probe microscopy. (2011) (18)
Recrystallization initiated by low-temperature grain boundary motion coupled to stress (2009) (17)
A STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF THE Al-Mn ICOSAHEDRAL PHASE (1986) (16)
On the co-existence and stability of trijunctions and quadrijunctions in a simple model (1999) (16)
Theory of the Pearlite Reaction (2013) (15)
A contribution to the theory of surface energy minimizing shapes (1984) (15)
Diffusion-induced grain boundary migration in the AuAg system☆ (1984) (15)
Neutron scattering structural study of AlCuFe quasicrystals using double isotopic substitution (1993) (15)
On the tetragonality of substitutional martensites (1971) (15)
Highly ordered noncrystalline metallic phase. (2013) (15)
The dependence of grain-boundary precipitation rates on the orientation of adjoining grains (1956) (14)
An ordered metallic glass solid solution phase that grows from the melt like a crystal (2014) (14)
Wetting and non-wetting near critical points in solids (2000) (14)
Obtaining inferences about relative stability and metastable phase sequences from phase diagrams (1980) (12)
Modeling Microstructural Evolution in Two-Dimensional Two-Phase Microstructures (1992) (12)
Shape of hollow dislocation cores : Anisotropic surface energy and elastic effects (1998) (12)
Anisotropy of Interfaces in an Ordered HCP Binary Alloy (1998) (12)
A historical perspective on the utilization of phase diagrams for precipitation hardening (1983) (11)
Challenging Some Free‐Energy Reduction Criteria for Grain Growth (2013) (11)
The 1967 Institute of Metals Lecture Spinodal Decomposition (2013) (11)
Interfacial free energy and interfacial stress: The case of an internal interface in a solid (1989) (11)
Reprise: partial chemical strain dislocations and their role in pinning dislocations to their atmospheres (2014) (11)
Quadrijunctions do not stop two-dimensional grain growth (1996) (10)
Antiphase domain growth in Cu3Au (1980) (10)
NBS: Nondestructive evaluation of nonuniformities in 2219 aluminum alloy plate: Relationship to processing (1980) (10)
Thermodynamics of Solidification (2013) (9)
Special grain boundaries based on local symmetries (2006) (8)
Icosahedral symmetry versus local icosahedral environments in Al–Mn alloys from NMR (1987) (7)
A Cusp Singularity in Surfaces That Minimize an Anisotropic Surface Energy (1986) (7)
Comment on chemical potentials in solids (1981) (7)
Microstructural Control through Diffusion-Induced Grain Boundary Migration (1987) (7)
JOHNSON-MEHL-AVRAMI KINETICS ON A FINITE GROWING DOMAIN WITH TIME AND POSITION DEPENDENT NUCLEATION AND GROWTH RATES (1997) (7)
Modeling the evolution of structure in unstable solid solution phases by diffusion mechanisms (1991) (6)
Ordering in Close-Packed Structures --A Comparison of HCP and FCC Using CVM -- (1994) (5)
Reminiscences About a Chemistry Nobel Prize Won with Metallurgy: Comments on D. Shechtman and I. A. Blech; Metall. Trans. A, 1985, vol. 16A, pp. 1005–12 (2012) (5)
Are The Homogeneous Holographic Viscoelastic Models Quasicrystals ? (2020) (5)
The Physical Chemistry of Stressed Solids (1989) (5)
High resolution electron microscopy of the icosahedral quasiperiodic structure in Al−Mn system (1985) (5)
An isotropic glass phase in Al-Fe-Si formed by a first order transition (2003) (5)
The Emergence of Modern Nucleation Theory (1985) (5)
Stability of Electrically Charged Conducting Droplets (1962) (5)
The stacking-fault tetrahedron (1986) (5)
Neutron diffraction studies of the icosahedral phase of Al-Mn alloys (1986) (5)
Spinodal Decomposition for Multi-component Cahn-hilliard Systems (4)
Theory of domain walls in ordered structures - III (1966) (4)
A Mathematical Model for Diffusion-induced Grain Boundary Motion (2003) (4)
Adapting thermodynamics for materials science problems (1994) (4)
A1-L10 phase boundaries and anisotropy via multiple-order-parameter theory for an fcc alloy (2003) (4)
The Massive Transformation in Copper-Zinc Alloys (2013) (4)
Model phase diagrams for an FCC alloy (2000) (3)
Age hardening of aluminum alloy (1984) (3)
Comment on: Reassessing the nucleation and growth kinetics of solid state phase transformations (1997) (3)
Numerical simulation of submicron photolithographic processing (1991) (3)
Reflections on Diffuse Interfaces and Spinodal Decomposition (2013) (2)
The energy of martensite due to order inherited from the austenite (1977) (2)
The Massive Transformation in Cu‐Zn Alloys (2013) (2)
“Die heterogenen gleichgewichte (The Heterogeneous Equilibria)” a century later (2000) (2)
On the kinetics of the pearlite reaction (1957) (2)
N-dimensional crystallographic description of the icosahedral phases; the example of the Al73Mn21Si6 quasiperiodic structure (1988) (2)
A discussion of flip-flop decomposition (1976) (2)
THE GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SHAPE (1972) (2)
On the influence of strain energy upon the arrangement of parallel plate-shaped coherent precipitates (1972) (2)
Comment on "New Critical Point in the Vicinity of the Freezing Temperature of K 2 Cs" (1983) (2)
Nonequilibrium Surface and Interface Thermodynamics (1983) (2)
RDFs and FeFe pair correlations in an AlCuFe icosahedral alloy by double isotopic substitution (1993) (1)
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Wetting and Multilayer Adsorption (1985) (1)
Grain Boundaries in a 2-D Superlattice (1988) (1)
Application of Solidification Theory to Rapid Solidification Processing (1983) (1)
The discovery of quasicrystals through rapid quenching of metallic alloys (1988) (1)
A celebration of the pioneering work on quasicrystals in France and the expansion of crystallography (2014) (1)
Motion resulting from diffusion within an interface (1994) (0)
The Many Facets of Interface Motion. (1991) (0)
Thickness of the Liquid-Vapor Wetting Layer | NIST (1982) (0)
Some additional thoughts on metastable hierarchies (1981) (0)
On the mathematical modelling of cellular (discontinuous) precipitation (2016) (0)
Glass formation by first-order transition in Al-Fe-Si system (2005) (0)
to reassess its rules of order by the spectacular results (0)
APS Council Approves Statement Protesting Boycott of Israeli Scientists Microfluidics , Jovian Climate Change Highlight DFD Meeting (0)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE EFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ON VARIOUS ELEMENTS AND BINARY ALLOYS. Period covered : June 1958 to October 1959 (1959) (0)
Use of phase diagrams for precipitation hardening (1983) (0)
Mechanisms and Kinetics of Surface Alloying by Diffusion-Induced Grain Boundary Migration. (1985) (0)
Alloys in metastable equilibrium (1980) (0)
On the evolution of states from a non-equilibrium solid solution (1975) (0)
On Spinodal Decomposition and The 1967 Institute of Metals Lecture, Spinodal Decomposition (2013) (0)
Long period antiferromagnetic lattices in UX compounds (1973) (0)
Melting and Impurity Adsorption of Csl Grain Boundaries Between 2-Dimensional Crystals (1988) (0)
Effects of Coherency Constraints on Phase Equilibria (1982) (0)
Letter to the editorDiscussion of ‘the molecular mechanism of solidification’ (1966) (0)
Chemical potentials in solids: A reprise (1981) (0)
NIST Centennial Celebration - Crystallographic Highlights | NIST (2000) (0)
Viscoelasticity in Surfactant Solutions. Characteristics of the Micellar Aggregates and the Formation of Periodic Colloidal Structures (1979) (0)
About quasiperiodic diffraction spectra (1987) (0)
The Expanding Scope of Thermodynamics in Physical Metallurgy (1994) (0)
Glass Formation by a Nucleation and Growth Process as in a First-order Transition (2005) (0)
A highly ordered non-crystalline metallic phase | NIST (2013) (0)
Theory of Anisotropic Growth Rates in theOrdering of an fcc (1997) (0)
High resolution electron microscopy of aluminium-based icosahedral quasicrystals (1986) (0)
Mechanisms and kinetics of surface alloying by diffusion-induced grain-boundary migration. Final report, 1 April 1982-30 April 1985 (1985) (0)

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