Chin. Phys. Lett.  2017, Vol. 34 Issue (4): 048102    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/34/4/048102
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Kinetics of Spherical Interface in Crystal Growth
Mei-Qin Fu, Qing-Ling Bi, Yong-Jun Lü**
School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081
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Mei-Qin Fu, Qing-Ling Bi, Yong-Jun Lü 2017 Chin. Phys. Lett. 34 048102
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Abstract The growth kinetics of spherical NiAl and CuZr crystals are studied by using molecular dynamics simulations. The growth rates of crystals are found to increase with the grain radius. The simulations show that the interface thickness and the Jackson $\alpha$-factor increase as the growth proceeds, indicating that the interface becomes increasingly rough during growth. Due to the increasing interface roughening, the fraction of repeatable growth sites at interface $f$ is proposed to actually increase in growth. An attachment rate, which is defined as the fraction of atoms that join the crystal interface without leaving, is used to approximate $f$, displaying a linear increase. With this approximation, we predict the growth rates as a function of the crystal radius, and the results qualitatively agree with those from the direct simulations.
Received: 11 January 2017      Published: 21 March 2017
PACS:  81.10.-h (Methods of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation)  
  64.70.D- (Solid-liquid transitions)  
  61.25.Mv (Liquid metals and alloys)  
Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51171027.
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