Supercluster-coupled crystal growth in metallic glass forming liquids

Yujun Xie; Sungwoo Sohn; Minglei Wang; Huolin Xin; Yeonwoong Jung; Mark D. Shattuck; Corey S. O’Hern; Jan Schroers; Judy J. Cha

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08898-4

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Supercluster-coupled crystal growth in metallic glass forming liquids

Yujun Xie,
Sungwoo Sohn,
Minglei Wang,
Huolin Xin,
Yeonwoong Jung,
Mark D. Shattuck,
Corey S. O’Hern,
Jan Schroers,
Judy J. Cha

Affiliations

Yujun Xie: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Sungwoo Sohn: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Minglei Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Huolin Xin: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yeonwoong Jung: Nanoscience Technology Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida
Mark D. Shattuck: Department of Physics and Benjamin Levich Institute, City College of the City University of New York
Corey S. O’Hern: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Jan Schroers: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Judy J. Cha: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08898-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Conventional crystal growth models assume crystals grow into a structure-less liquid, even though liquid metals have shown evidence of structural ordering. Here, the authors show crystal growth can be influenced by the presence of thermodynamically unstable local structural order in the liquid.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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