Observing in space and time the ephemeral nucleation of liquid-to-crystal phase transitions

The phase transition of crystalline ordering is a general phenomenon, but its evolution in space and time requires microscopic probes for visualization. Here we report direct imaging of the transformation of amorphous titanium dioxide nanofilm, from the liquid state, passing through the nucleation s...

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Main Authors: Yoo, Byung-Kuk, Kwon, Oh-Hoon, Liu, Haihua, Tang, Jau, Zewail, Ahmed H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667692/