Dynamics of the fcc-to-bcc phase transition in single-crystalline PdCu alloy nanoparticles

oleh: Yingying Jiang, Martial Duchamp, Shi Jun Ang, Hongwei Yan, Teck Leong Tan, Utkur Mirsaidov

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01

Deskripsi

Phase transitions in crystals are challenging to study with atomic resolution. Here, the authors reveal that the transition from fcc to bcc occurs across a few-atoms-wide coherent interface, which serves as a precursor phase for the nucleation of the bcc phase.