DOI: 10.1126/science.1177483. Observation of the Role of Subcritical Nuclei in Crystallization of a Glassy Solid

Observation of the Role of Subcritical Nuclei in Crystallization of a Glassy Solid

10.1126/science.1177483

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Abstract

Catching Glassy Crystallization The initial steps for crystallization are difficult to study in atomic materials because they occur on very small length- and time scales. Measurements can be made on surfaces, or by using colloids as analogs, but ideally one would like to observe the ordering phenomena in atomic solids in bulk. Lee et al. (p. 980 ; see the Perspective by Gibson ) use fluctuation transmission electron microscopy to explore the role of nucleation in propagating crystallization and discovered that formation of subcritical nuclei strongly influences the crystallization process.

Bibliography

Lee, B.-S., Burr, G. W., Shelby, R. M., Raoux, S., Rettner, C. T., Bogle, S. N., Darmawikarta, K., Bishop, S. G., & Abelson, J. R. (2009). Observation of the Role of Subcritical Nuclei in Crystallization of a Glassy Solid. Science, 326(5955), 980â984.

Authors 9

Bong-Sub Lee (first)
Geoffrey W. Burr (additional)
Robert M. Shelby (additional)
Simone Raoux (additional)
Charles T. Rettner (additional)
Stephanie N. Bogle (additional)
Kristof Darmawikarta (additional)
Stephen G. Bishop (additional)
John R. Abelson (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	15 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 12, 2009, 5:42 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 3:32 a.m.)
Indexed	1 month, 3 weeks ago (July 2, 2025, 12:20 a.m.)
Issued	15 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 13, 2009)
Published	15 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 13, 2009)
Published Print	15 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 13, 2009)

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BibTeX

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