Grain boundary pinning in doped hard sphere crystals
Direct visual observations on how grain boundaries are pinned between multiple large spherical impurities during colloidal hard sphere crystallisation are presented. The fluid is stabilized between impurities and acts as a precursor for grain boundary formation. The range of fluid stabilisation by a...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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