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SUBMITTER: Xie Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385493 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190222 1
While common growth models assume a structure-less liquid composed of atomic flow units, structural ordering has been shown in liquid metals. Here, we conduct in situ transmission electron microscopy crystallization experiments on metallic glass nanorods, and show that structural ordering strongly affects crystal growth and is controlled by nanorod thermal history. Direct visualization reveals structural ordering as densely populated small clusters in a nanorod heated from the glass state, and s ...[more]