Two-step nucleation mechanism in solid-solid phase transitions

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-108

  Peng, Yi ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Wang, Ziren ^a   Alsayed, Ahmed M ^b   Zhang, Zexin ^c   Yodh, Arjun G ^d   Han, Yilong ^a,e  

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

^b Solvay CNRS UPenn UMI 3254 ^*  (United States)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HKUST SHENZHEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; LIQUIDS; METALLURGY; NUCLEATION;

MICROSCOPIC KINETICS; NUCLEATION KINETICS; NUCLEATION PRECURSORS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SOLID PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACES; TRIANGULAR LATTICE; TWO-STEP NUCLEATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84924907946     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4083     Document Type: Article

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