3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Controlled Spherulitic Crystal Growth from Salt Mixtures: A Universal Mechanism for Complex Crystal Self-Assembly
Tess Heeremans, Simon Lépinay, Romane Le Dizès Castell +5
Spherulites are complex polycrystalline structures that form through the self-assembly of small aggregated nanocrystals starting from a central point and growing radially outward.…
cond-mat.soft2025
Water-rich amorphous state from drying mixed-metal sulfate solutions
Christiaan T. van Campenhout, Romane Le Dizès Castell, Tess Heeremans +3
Amorphous and glassy materials are important for many advanced applications, from flexible solar cells to drug delivery systems. To this end, new glasses are in high demand, but pr…
cond-mat.soft2024
Damage due to Ice Crystallization
Menno Demmenie, Paul Kolpakov, Boaz van Casteren +3
The freezing of water is one of the major causes of mechanical damage in materials during wintertime; surprisingly this happens even in situations where water only partially satura…