Kinetics of Decelerated Melting.

ABSTRACT: Melting presents one of the most prominent phenomena in condensed matter science. Its microscopic understanding, however, is still fragmented, ranging from simplistic theory to the observation of melting point depressions. Here, a multimethod experimental approach is combined with computational simulation to study the microscopic mechanism of melting between these two extremes. Crystalline structures are exploited in which melting occurs into a metastable liquid close to its glass transition temperature. The associated sluggish dynamics concur with real-time observation of homogeneous melting. In-depth information on the structural signature is obtained from various independent spectroscopic and scattering methods, revealing a step-wise nature of the transition before reaching the liquid s

SUBMITTER: Wondraczek L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5979640 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature