Supercluster-coupled crystal growth in metallic glass forming liquids

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yujun Xie, Sungwoo Sohn, Minglei Wang, Huolin Xin, Yeonwoong Jung, Mark D. Shattuck, Corey S. O’Hern, Jan Schroers, Judy J. Cha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08898-4