Observation of the role of subcritical nuclei in crystallization of a glassy solid

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5955, 2009, Pages 980-984

  Lee, Bong Sub ^a   Burr, Geoffrey W ^b   Shelby, Robert M ^b   Raoux, Simone ^b   Rettner, Charles T ^b   Bogle, Stephanie N ^a   Darmawikarta, Kristof ^a   Bishop, Stephen G ^a   Abelson, John R ^a,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

EID: 72449136791     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177483     Document Type: Article

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