If you put a camera in the ice machine and watched water turn into ice, the process would look simple. But the mechanism behind liquids turning to solids is actually quite complex, and understanding ...

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Cooling materials super-quickly, called rapid solidification, prevents the normal crystalline structures of materials from forming, often creating unique properties in the process. If single crystal ...

We are delighted to announce the official release of Issue 3, 2025 of Materials and Solidification, an international academic journal published by Tsinghua University Press and academically supported ...

Diverging and converging patterns forming on the surface of solidifying liquid metals resemble plotlines in a complex historical novel, in a new international study. The cyclic patterns observed are ...

During eutectic solidification, a mixture of two or more solids self-assemble, forming composite microstructures ranging from ...

A Recent review, spearheaded by Prof. Qiang Zhang and Prof. Chen-Zi Zhao from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, highlights forthcoming opportunities aimed at advancing the ...

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