Diffusion and nucleation on metal surfaces govern a spectrum of processes from thin-film growth to nanoparticle formation and catalysis. Surface diffusion involves the thermally activated migration of ...

Crystals form in storm clouds, metals, drug molecules, and even in diseased tissues. Despite their ubiquity, scientists still don’t fully understand what happens when a liquid solution first starts to ...

Physicists at Kazan Federal University (KFU) have developed a method for controlling the nucleation of nanoscale cavities in amorphous metal alloys. The results obtained contribute to understanding ...

Researchers from the UvA's Institute of Physics (IoP) and Leiden University have found a new way to visualise and measure the nucleation process responsible for the formation of liquid droplets in ...