学術雑誌論文

学術雑誌論文

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Scientific Reports. 2019, 9, p. 12836

Mechanical oscillation accelerating nucleation and nuclei growth in hard-sphere colloidal glass

Nature Research

英語

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2019-09-06

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49120-1

Nakamura N., Nakashima S., Ogi H.. Mechanical oscillation accelerating nucleation and nuclei growth in hard-sphere colloidal glass. Scientific Reports 9, 12836 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49120-1.

Crystallization from amorphous solids is generally caused by activating phonons in a wide frequency range during heat treatment. In contrast, the activation of phonons in a narrow frequency range using ultrasonic treatment also causes crystallization below the glass transition temperature. These behaviors indicate that crystallization is related to the atomic motion in the glass state, and it is suggested that the activation of specific atomic motion can cause crystallization without increasing temperature. In this study, we observe nucleation and nuclei growth caused by mechanical oscillation in a hard-sphere colloidal glass and evaluate the effect of mechanical oscillation on the structural evolution in the early stage of the crystallization. Oscillation between 5 and 100 Hz is applied to the colloidal glass, and it is observed that the nucleation rate increases under the 70 Hz oscillation, resulting in formation of stable nuclei in a short amount of time. The nuclei growth is also accelerated by the 70 Hz oscillation, whereas increases in the nucleation rate and nuclei growth were not observed at other frequencies. Finally, activation of the diffusion-based rattling of particles by caging is considered as a possible mechanism of the observations.

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Mechanical oscillation accelerating nucleation and nuclei growth in hard-sphere colloidal glass

Nature Research

英語

2019-09-06

Scientific Reports

9

12836

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49120-1

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/93357