We review a plethora of relevant experimental results on internal homogeneous crystal
nucleation in silicate glasses obtained in the last four decades, and their analyses in the …

Objectives Lithium silicate-based glass ceramics have evolved as a paramount restorative
material in restorative and prosthetic dentistry, exhibiting outstanding esthetic and …

Nucleation, the initial process in vapor condensation, crystal nucleation, melting, and
boiling, is the localized emergence of a distinct thermodynamic phase at the nanoscale that …

Objectives Lithium-based glass-ceramics are currently dominating the landscape of dental
restorative ceramic materials, with new products taking the market by storm in the last years …

Lithium disilicates are commercially important and among the most widely studied and well-
characterized glass-ceramics, but their toughening mechanism–and those of most glass …

Background Elucidating the microstructural responses of the lithium disilicate system like the
popular IPS e. max® CAD (LS 2), made specifically for computer-aided design and …

The understanding of lithium (Li) nucleation and growth is important to design better
electrodes for high-performance batteries. However, the study of Li nucleation process is still …

Due to their measurable crystallization kinetics, oxide glass-formers are adequate systems
for evaluating theoretical approaches to describe and predict crystal nucleation dynamics …

The effect of Z r O 2 on the nucleation of lithium metasilicate crystals in lithium disilicate‐
based multicomponent glasses of composition in wt% x Z r O 2+(1−(x/100))(73.82 S i O 2+ …

Structural rearrangements taking place during relaxation and crystal nucleation in lithium-
disilicate (LS2) glass have been investigated by a comprehensive set of solid-state nuclear …