Substrate-Induced Liquid Layering: A New Insight into the Heterogeneous Nucleation of Liquid Metals

Liquid layering, which is a general phenomenon adjacent to the solid substrates, is less understood for its role in heterogeneous nucleation. In this work, the structural features and dynamics of the liquid Al layers induced by the (0001) sapphire and the (0001) TiB2 substrates, respectively, are qu...

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Main Authors: Sida Ma, Rui Yan, Tao Jing, Hongbiao Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/7/521