Abstract
Understanding the nature of solid-liquid interfaces is important for many processes of technological interest, such as solidification, liquid-phase epitaxial growth, wetting, liquid-phase joining, crystal growth, and lubrication. Recent studies have reported on indirect evidence of density fluctuations at solid-liquid interfaces on the basis of x-ray scattering methods that have been complemented by atomistic simulations. We provide evidence for ordering of liquid atoms adjacent to an interface with a crystal, based on real-time high-temperature observations of alumina-aluminum solid-liquid interfaces at the atomic-length scale. In addition, crystal growth of alumina into liquid aluminum, facilitated by interfacial transport of oxygen from the microscope column, was observed in situ with the use of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
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Created | 19 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 6, 2005, 8:44 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 8:53 p.m.) |
Indexed | 6 days, 6 hours ago (Aug. 21, 2025, 12:39 p.m.) |
Issued | 19 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 2005) |
Published | 19 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 2005) |
Published Print | 19 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 2005) |
@article{Oh_2005, title={Ordered Liquid Aluminum at the Interface with Sapphire}, volume={310}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1118611}, DOI={10.1126/science.1118611}, number={5748}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Oh, S. H. and Kauffmann, Y. and Scheu, C. and Kaplan, W. D. and Rühle, M.}, year={2005}, month=oct, pages={661–663} }