Asymmetric melting and freezing kinetics in silicon

Jeff Y. Tsao; Michael J. Aziz; Michael O. Thompson; Paul S. Peercy

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2712

Asymmetric melting and freezing kinetics in silicon

Jeff Y. Tsao, Michael J. Aziz, Michael O. Thompson, Paul S. Peercy

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We report measurements of the melting velocity of amorphous Si relative to that of (100) crystalline Si. These measurements permit the first severe experimental test of theories describing highly nonequilibrium freezing and melting. The results indicate that freezing in Si is inherently slower than melting; this asymmetry can be interpreted in terms of an entropy-related reduction in the freezing rate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2712-2715
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	56
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2712
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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