Nucleation: What Happens at the Initial Stage?

摘要

Nucleation,a process taking place on a nano-or sub-nanoscale in typical atomic and molecular systems,creates original crystal embryos from the mother phase.It is one of the most important aspects in our daily life.It is important in situations ranging from the condensation and freezing of water(e.g.rain,snow,freezing),the formation of bones and teeth and the correlation between synergetic structures and their superior properties,to semiconductor/IT and nano-technologies,because in most cases nucleation determines whether a phase will form,how the formation will occur,and what structure will be formed.