Shrinkage mechanisms of grain boundary loops in two-dimensional colloidal crystals

We discuss the various mechanisms involved in the spontaneous shrinkage of circular grain boundaries in two-dimensional colloidal crystals. We provide experimental evidence that these grain boundary loops shrink owing to three intermittent mechanisms proposed for atomic materials, namely purely curv...

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Principais autores: Lavergne, FA, Curran, A, Aarts, DGA, Dullens, R
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019