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Modes of surface premelting in colloidal crystals composed of attractive particles

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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
    Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam)

  • Yilong Han

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

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.

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  • Bo Li & Feng Wang & Di Zhou & Yi Peng & Ran Ni & Yilong Han, 2016. "Modes of surface premelting in colloidal crystals composed of attractive particles," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7595), pages 485-488, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7595:d:10.1038_nature16987
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16987
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    1. Hye-Sung Kim & Ji-Sang An & Hyung Bin Bae & Sung-Yoon Chung, 2023. "Atomic-scale observation of premelting at 2D lattice defects inside oxide crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Li Tian & Clemens Bechinger, 2022. "Surface melting of a colloidal glass," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-5, December.
    3. Xiuming Xiao & Lilin Wang & Zhijun Wang & Ziren Wang, 2022. "Superheating of grain boundaries within bulk colloidal crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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