Vitrification of a monatomic metallic liquid

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7155, 2007, Pages 787-790

  Bhat, M H ^a   Molinero, V ^a,b   Soignard, E ^a   Solomon, V C ^a   Sastry, S ^c   Yarger, J L ^a   Angell, C A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GERMANIUM; GLASS; METAL; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GERMANIUM; GLASS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; SELENIUM; SIMULATION; VITRIFICATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 34547935010     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06044     Document Type: Article

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