Colloidal crystal-fluid interfaces

In this article we show that colloidal systems are excellent model systems to experimentally study crystal-fluid interfaces. Using confocal microscopy it is possible to investigate static and dynamic interfacial properties in three dimensions and on the single particle level. The combination of real...

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Những tác giả chính: Dullens, R, Aarts, D, Kegel, W
Định dạng: Conference item
Được phát hành: 2007
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Tóm tắt:In this article we show that colloidal systems are excellent model systems to experimentally study crystal-fluid interfaces. Using confocal microscopy it is possible to investigate static and dynamic interfacial properties in three dimensions and on the single particle level. The combination of real-space microscopy and colloidal model systems may provide a possible route to directly access the anisotropic interfacial free energy and the kinetic growth coefficient of crystal-fluid interfaces.