Journal article
Solid superheating observed in two-dimensional strongly coupled dusty plasma
Physical review letters, Vol.100(20), pp.205007-205007
05/23/2008
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.205007
PMID: 18518548
Abstract
It is demonstrated experimentally that strongly coupled plasma exhibits solid superheating. A 2D suspension of microspheres in dusty plasma, initially self-organized in a solid lattice, was heated and then cooled rapidly by turning laser heating on and off. Particles were tracked using video microscopy, allowing atomistic-scale observation during melting and solidification. During rapid heating, the suspension remained in a solid structure at temperatures above the melting point, demonstrating solid superheating. Hysteresis diagrams did not indicate liquid supercooling in this 2D system.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Solid superheating observed in two-dimensional strongly coupled dusty plasma
- Creators
- Yan Feng - University of IowaJ Goree - University of IowaBin Liu - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review letters, Vol.100(20), pp.205007-205007
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.205007
- PMID
- 18518548
- NLM abbreviation
- Phys Rev Lett
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- eISSN
- 1079-7114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/23/2008
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984199671302771
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