Surface-induced crystallization in supercooled tetrahedral liquids

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 726-730

  Li, Tianshu ^a   Donadio, Davide ^a   Ghiringhelli, Luca M ^b   Galli, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREEZING; MELTING; METALLURGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; SILICATES; SUPERCOOLING;

CHAIN-LIKE MOLECULES; INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID METALS AND ALLOYS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; TETRAHEDRAL LIQUIDS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 69249205626     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2508     Document Type: Article

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