A review on the theory of stable dendritic growth

DV Alexandrov, PK Galenko - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review article summarizes the main outcomes following from recently developed
theories of stable dendritic growth in undercooled one-component and binary melts. The …

[HTML][HTML] Dendrite growth under a forced convective flow: A review

PK Galenko, DV Alexandrov, LV Toropova - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the representative patterns in nature and laboratory experiments, dendritic
structures control the properties of a broad range of advanced materials. Dendrites arise …

Two-step nucleation and crystal growth in a metastable solution

DV Alexandrov, EV Makoveeva - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study is concerned with a theory of two-step nucleation and growth of crystals in a
metastable liquid. This mechanism is that crystalline nuclei formation occurs in dense liquid …

Morphological stability analysis of a planar crystallization front with convection

EV Makoveeva, DV Alexandrov - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2023 - Springer
A linear theory of morphological stability of flat crystallization front is constructed with
allowance for convective motions in liquid. The cases of slow and intense convection …

Microstructure and morphology of Si crystals grown in pure Si and Al–Si melts

LV Toropova, DV Alexandrov… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Microstructure of Al-40 wt% Si samples solidified in electromagnetic levitation
furnace is studied at high melt undercooling. Primary Si with feathery and dendritic …

Shape functions for dendrite tips of SCN and Si

LV Toropova - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2022 - Springer
In this work, a recently developed analytical theory describing dendrite tips growing in
undercooled melts in the absence of convection is tested against experimental data of …

[HTML][HTML] The shape of dendritic tips, primary stems and envelopes

DV Alexandrov, PK Galenko, LV Toropova - Physics Letters A, 2024 - Elsevier
The generalized shape function for the dendritic tip, primary stem and external envelope is
derived and tested against experimental data for succinonitrile and succinonitrile-acetone …

[HTML][HTML] The shape of dendritic tips, primary stems and envelopes: Morphological theory versus phase-field simulations

LV Toropova, DV Alexandrov, PK Galenko… - Computational Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Motivated by important applications in materials physics, we study the shape of dendritic
crystals based on recently developed morphological theory [Phys. Lett. A 501 (2024) …

Dendrite tips as elliptical paraboloids

DV Alexandrov, EA Titova, PK Galenko… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This review article summarizes current theories of the steady-state growth mode of dendrites
in the form of elliptical paraboloids. The shape of dendrite tips is analyzed, temperature and …

How a growing dendritic crystal reaches its stationary crystallization velocity

DV Alexandrov, EA Titova, LV Toropova - The European Physical Journal …, 2024 - Springer
Motivated by important applications in materials science, geo-and biophysics, we develop a
theory answering the question of how a growing dendritic crystal reaches its stationary …