Heterogeneous nucleation at solid-liquid interfaces in liquid metals is a complex yet fundamentally important phenomenon that governs the initial stages of crystallisation in metallurgical processes.

Surface roughness has been known to promote nucleation. In fact, it is a common experimental practice to scratch surface, to induce nucleation on surface irregularities such as grooves and pits. The ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 21 (May 22, 2018), pp. 5383-5388 (6 pages) In supercooled water, ice nucleation is a stochastic process ...

Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 361, No. 1804, Nucleation Control (Mar. 15, 2003), pp. 447-461 (15 pages) Even at large undercooling, nucleation ...

ROSEMONT, ILL. — For caps producers, nucleation can provide a practical solution to eliminate shrinkage variations in high density polyethylene beverage closures. Nucleating agents can be utilized to ...