Formation of metastable phases by spinodal decomposition

Metastable phases are usually formed through nucleation, upon overcoming an energy barrier. Here, Alert et al. theoretically predict and experimentally verify the unexpected formation of a metastable phase by spinodal decomposition through direct phase separation from an unstable phase.

Podrobná bibliografie
Hlavní autoři: Ricard Alert, Pietro Tierno, Jaume Casademunt
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01
Edice:Nature Communications
On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13067