Author: Bechhoefer, J.

Source: International Journal of Nanotechnology, Volume 5, Numbers 9-12, 2008 , pp. 1121-1137(17)

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

Abstract:

As the undercooling of a liquid melt is increased, one observes several qualitatively different regimes of solidification, each dominated by a different set of physics. I discuss the different regimes, their phenomenology, their physics, and the transitions between them. The experimental focus is on soft-condensed-matter systems, whose widely variable time scales allow one to easily explore the different solidification regimes. One challenge is to relate the complicated nanostructures that are observed to the relatively simple overall macroscopic behaviour.

Keywords: TECHNICAL JOURNALS; Materials and Manufacturing; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJNT.2008.019834

Affiliations: 1: Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada

Publication date: 2008-08-09

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