@inproceedings{58ad327e5d5346a09b523002a16d67ee,
title = "Melting kinetics of confined systems at the nanoscale: Superheating and supercooling",
abstract = "In situ electron diffraction measurements of silica-embedded Ge nanocrystals reveal a melting/solidification hysteresis of 470 K which is approximately symmetric about the bulk melting point. This surprising behavior, which is thought to be impossible in bulk systems, is well described by a simple, classical thermodynamic model. Surface pre-melting, which occurs for materials with free surfaces, is suppressed by the presence of the host matrix, thereby allowing both kinetic supercooling and kinetic superheating of the embedded nanocrystals.",
keywords = "Interface energy, Melting, Nanocrystals, Supercooling, Superheating",
author = "Sharp, {I. D.} and Q. Xu and Yuan, {C. W.} and Yi, {D. O.} and Liao, {C. Y.} and Glaeser, {A. M.} and Minor, {A. M.} and Beeman, {J. W.} and Ridgway, {M. C.} and P. Kluth and Ager, {J. W.} and Chrzan, {D. C.} and Haller, {E. E.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2729834",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735403970",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "191--192",
booktitle = "Physics of Semiconductors - 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006, Part A and B",
note = "28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006 ; Conference date: 24-07-2006 Through 28-07-2006",
}