Modes of surface premelting in colloidal crystals composed of attractive particles

Bo Li, Feng Wang, Di Zhou, Yi Peng, Ran Ni and Yilong Han ()
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Bo Li: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Feng Wang: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Di Zhou: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yi Peng: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ran Ni: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yilong Han: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7595, 485-488

Abstract: Incomplete premelting at the edges of monolayer colloidal crystals is triggered by a bulk solid–solid phase transition and truncated by a mechanical instability that induces homogeneous bulk melting of the crystal; these observations challenge existing theories of two-dimensional melting.

Date: 2016
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