Previously Unknown Field Affects Shape of Materials (IMAGE)

Florida Institute of Technology

Previously Unknown Field Affects Shape of Materials

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When testing crystalline (red) and fluid (green) materials in an environment free of noise -- sound vibration or disturbances that are known to act upon a solidifying material -- scientists at Florida Tech and Arizona State University discovered that a previously unknown field modulated the speed and shape of the crystal-melt interface, leading to the pictured pattern formations.

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Martin Glicksman/Florida Institute of Technology

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