Single Crystal Formation in Micro/Nano-Confined Domains by Melt-Mediated Crystallization without Seeds

Author

Heng Pan, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Wan Shou

Abstract

Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, we study the characteristics of unseeded crystallization within nano/microscale confining domains. It is demonstrated that unseeded crystallization can yield single crystal domains facilitated by the confinement effects. The stochastic nature of this process and the mechanisms leading to single crystal formation are revealed. A phenomenological model has been developed and tailored by MD simulations, which was applied to quantitatively evaluate the effects of domain size and processing laser pulse width on single crystal formation.

Recommended Citation

H. Pan and W. Shou, "Single Crystal Formation in Micro/Nano-Confined Domains by Melt-Mediated Crystallization without Seeds," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 48, no. 22, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, May 2015.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/48/22/225302

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Center for High Performance Computing Research

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-3727

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2015 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2015