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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Colloidal Science

Background:

  • Solid-solid transitions are crucial in materials but their kinetics (diffusive or diffusionless) are hard to predict and observe.
  • Understanding these transitions is key for controlling material properties and microstructural evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the complex kinetics of solid-solid transitions in tunable colloidal thin films.
  • To observe single-particle dynamics during lattice transformations using advanced microscopy.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized video microscopy to track single-particle dynamics in colloidal thin films.
  • Applied controlled pressure gradients to induce and study solid-solid transitions (square to triangular lattices).
  • Analyzed the influence of defects (dislocations) and external factors (pressure, density) on transition pathways.

Main Results:

  • Observed a novel transition mechanism combining diffusive nucleation with martensitic features (dislocation pair generation/oscillation).
  • Demonstrated that pressure gradients can transform purely diffusive transitions into this hybrid mechanism.
  • Identified key factors like pressure, density, and grain boundaries influencing nucleus growth and kinetic pathways.

Conclusions:

  • Solid-solid transitions can exhibit hybrid kinetics, neither purely diffusive nor purely martensitic.
  • The findings challenge existing theories and empirical criteria for martensitic transformations.
  • Provides new microscopic insights for controlling solid-solid transitions and microstructural evolution in polycrystalline materials.