Abstract
We report results from the Space Shuttle experiments Colloidal Disorder-Order Transition (CDOT) 1 and 2. The phase diagram of colloidal hard spheres is measured in microgravity avoiding the effects of sedimentation and convection that arise with normal gravity. For samples in the crystal-liquid coexistence region we observed a dendritic growth. For high concentration samples near random close packing we observed crystallization and no evidence for a glassy phase.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 529-534 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Materials and Design |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2001 |
Keywords
- Colloids
- Crystallization
- Dendrites
- Glass transition
- Gravity
- Hard sphere
- Microgravity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering