| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2010 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics
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| Presentation Title |
Prefreezing at Heterogeneous Solid-Liquid Interfaces |
| Author(s) |
Brian B Laird, Ruslan L. Davidchack |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Brian B Laird |
| Abstract Scope |
Through the accurate calculation of surface and interfacial free energies, we determine the thermodynamic driving forces governing the wetting of the hard-sphere-fluid/hard-wall interface by a thin layer of (metastable) fcc crystal in a [111] orientation. Because this phenomenon occurs at densities below the equilibrium freezing density of hard spheres, it is an example of prefreezing. We discuss the relationships of these findings with other recently observed prefreezing phenomena in chemically heterogeneous solid-liquid interfaces. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: A CD-only volume |