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Experimental visualization of inoculation using a charged colloidal model system
Hans Joachim SchöpeAndreas Engelbrechtsubject
Nucleation kineticsMaterials scienceModel systemGeneral ChemistryCondensed Matter PhysicsMicrostructurelaw.inventionVisualizationColloidCrystallographyChemical engineeringlawCrystalliteCrystallizationMaterial propertiesdescription
Inoculation is widely used to tune the microstructure of a polycrystalline solid from the melt and thus its material properties. We present here a systematic time resolved experimental study of inoculation in a charged colloidal model system investigating the changes of the crystallization scenario upon adding spherical seeds and show that the nucleation kinetics solely determines the resulting microstructure.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 | Soft Matter |