Self-instability of finite sized solid-liquid interfaces.

Abstract:

:In solid-liquid systems, macroscopic solids lose their equilibrium and melt in a manner that results in overall movement of the solid-liquid interface. This phenomenon occurs when they are subjected to temperature gradients or external stress, for example. However, many experiments suggest that the melting of nano- and micro-sized metallic nuclei follows a different process not described by traditional melting theory. In this paper, we demonstrate through simulation that the melting of solid nuclei of these sizes occurs via random breaches at the interfaces. Moreover, this breaching process occurs at the exact solid-liquid equilibrium temperature and in the absence of any external disturbance, which suggests the name "self-instability" for this melting process. We attribute this spontaneous instability to the curvature of the samples; based on the relationship between the sample's instability and its curvature, we propose a destabilizing model for small systems. This model fits well with experimental results and leads to new insights into the instability behavior of small-sized systems; these insights have broad implications for research topics ranging from dendrite self-fragmentation to nanoparticle instability.

journal_name

Sci Rep

journal_title

Scientific reports

authors

Wu LK,Xu B,Li QL,Liu W

doi

10.1038/srep18466

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-12-21 00:00:00

pages

18466

issn

2045-2322

pii

srep18466

journal_volume

5

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