Visualizing the structural solid-liquid transition at colloidal crystal-fluid interfaces
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Advanced materials |
| Volume | Issue number | 23 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2716-2720 |
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| Abstract |
The crystal/melt interface is central to the understanding of crystal nucleation and the morphological stability of crystal growth, but it is difficult to study experimentally. Micrometer-sized stimuli-dependent colloidal particles are assembled into large crystals using temperature fields. The structure of the colloidal crystal/melt interface is imaged directly in three dimensions. Interface reconstructions allow direct connection of the structure and interface free energy. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201004599
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