Imaging the homogeneous nucleation during the melting of superheated colloidal crystals

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6103, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Wang, Ziren ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Peng, Yi ^a   Zheng, Zhongyu ^a,b   Han, Yilong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; HEATING; HOMOGENEITY; IMAGING METHOD; MELTING; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SHAPE;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL MELTING; HEATING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84867212628     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1224763     Document Type: Article

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