The non-equilibrium state of an undercooled melt allows the investigation of various
phenomena involved in the formation of metastable solid phase. The present work reviews …

The study of metallic melts, their physical properties, and their solidification behaviour is of
relevance to understanding of fundamental principles and to metallurgical applications …

The various theories describing molecular kinetic mechanisms for solidification are
discussed with particular emphasis on the distinction between the stepwise and continuous …

A detailed experimental investigation of the short-range structural properties in condensed
phases of germanium is presented. X-ray-absorption measurements at the Ge K edge have …

The structural evolution of the whole Ni–Cu system with undercooling was systematically
investigated. For pure Ni and Cu only one grain refinement was found when they were …

Pure Si droplets were containerlessly undercooled using an electromagnetic levitation
method. An undercooling up to 330 K prior to solidification has been reproducibly achieved …

Bulk melts of semiconducting pure Ge and dilute Ge-based systems were processed in a
containerless state. Velocities of free crystal growth have been measured directly as a …

The crystal growth behavior of a semiconductor from a very highly undercooled melt is
expected to be different from that of a metal. In the present experiment, highly pure undoped …

A significant reduction in grain size can be achieved in all types of rapid solidification
processing, whether depending mainly on rapid external heat extraction or on bulk melt …

Highly ordered crystalline Ge microwire arrays with individual diameters larger than 1 μm
have been grown in aqueous solutions at ambient pressure and below the boiling point of …