Formation of metastable phases by spinodal decomposition

Metastable phases may be spontaneously formed from other metastable phases through nucleation. Here we demonstrate the spontaneous formation of a metastable phase from an unstable equilibrium by spinodal decomposition, which leads to a transient coexistence of stable and metastable phases. This phen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alert, Ricard, Tierno, Pietro, Casademunt, Jaume
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059762/