Fundamentals of nucleation and growth

Frans Spaepen

doi:10.1117/12.137562

13 August 1992 Fundamentals of nucleation and growth

Frans Spaepen

Proceedings Volume 1663, Optical Data Storage; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137562
Event: Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The free energy associated with the formation of the crystalmelt interface ("interfacial tension") is an important parameter in the theory of homogeneous nucleation. In the proximity of a crystal plane the liquid is more ordered than in the bulk. Static structural modeling1, as well as molecular dynamics simulations2, show that the liquid atoms are localized to a varying degree in planes parallel to the interface. The loss in entropy associated with the ordering of the liquid is the main factor contributing to the interfacial tension1 . Density functional calculations on hard sphere systems have confirmed this3.

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Frans Spaepen "Fundamentals of nucleation and growth", Proc. SPIE 1663, Optical Data Storage, (13 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137562

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