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Amorphous Nucleation Precursor in Highly Nonequilibrium Fluids

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Dynamical density-functional simulations reveal structural aspects of crystal nucleation in undercooled liquids: The first appearing solid is amorphous, which promotes the nucleation of bcc crystals but suppresses the appearance of the fcc and hcp phases. These findings are associated with features of the effective interaction potential deduced from the amorphous structure.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.175702

Authors: Gyula I. Tóth, Tamás Pusztai, György Tegze, Gergely Tóth, László Gránásy

Institutions: Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Eötvös Loránd University, Brunel University of London

Language: English

Topic: nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2004835533

FWCI: 4.76

Cites: 34

Cited by: 89

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