Crystallization in supercooled liquid Cu: Homogeneous nucleation and growth

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 142; no. 6; p. 064704
• Main Authors: E, J. C., Wang, L., Cai, Y., Wu, H. A., Luo, S. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Institute of Physics 14.02.2015
• Subjects: ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Crystal defects; CRYSTALLIZATION; Crystals; FLUCTUATIONS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; Ice; INTERFACES; Liquid-solid interfaces; LIQUIDS; Microstructure; Molecular dynamics; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; MONOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEATION; Probabilistic methods; PROBABILITY; Single crystals; SOLIDS; Stacking faults; Statistical analysis; SUPERCOOLING; TWINNING; Variation; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Homogeneous nucleation and growth during crystallization of supercooled liquid Cu are investigated with molecular dynamics simulations, and the microstructure is characterized with one- and two-dimensional x-ray diffraction. The resulting solids are single-crystal or nanocrystalline, containing vari...