The equilibrium intrinsic crystal-liquid interface of colloids Export

@article{hernandez09, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0904682106 We use confocal microscopy to study an equilibrated crystal-liquid interface in a colloidal suspension. Capillary waves roughen the surface, but locally the intrinsic interface is sharply defined. We use local measurements of the structure and dynamics to characterize the intrinsic interface, and different measurements find slightly different widths of this interface. In terms of the particle diameter , this width is either 1.5 (based on structural information) or 2.4 (based on dynamics), both not much larger than the particle size. This work is the first direct experimental visualization of an equilibrated crystal-liquid interface.}, author = {Hern\'{a}ndez-Guzm\'{a}n, Jessica and Weeks, Eric R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5624845}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0904682106}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/08/13/0904682106.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/08/13/0904682106.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19706481}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19706481}, day = {8}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0904682106}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {confocal, crystal}, month = {September}, number = {36}, pages = {15198--15202}, posted-at = {2009-09-13 17:54:58}, priority = {0}, title = {The equilibrium intrinsic crystal-liquid interface of colloids}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0904682106}, volume = {106}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - hernandez09 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5624845 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0904682106 We use confocal microscopy to study an equilibrated crystal-liquid interface in a colloidal suspension. Capillary waves roughen the surface, but locally the intrinsic interface is sharply defined. We use local measurements of the structure and dynamics to characterize the intrinsic interface, and different measurements find slightly different widths of this interface. In terms of the particle diameter , this width is either 1.5 (based on structural information) or 2.4 (based on dynamics), both not much larger than the particle size. This work is the first direct experimental visualization of an equilibrated crystal-liquid interface. IS - 36 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 15202 TI - The equilibrium intrinsic crystal-liquid interface of colloids VL - 106 SP - 15198 KW - confocal KW - crystal AU - Hernández-Guzmán, Jessica AU - Weeks, Eric PY - 2009/09/08/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0904682106 ER -