Intermetallic compound layer and fatigue crack evolution of Bi-contained Sn-1.0Ag-0.5Cu solder under thermal aging and thermal fatigue by Junjie Zhao, Jun Wu, Jiayu Zhang, Mingqin Liao, Fengjiang Wang

“…The addition of Bi provides more heterogeneous nucleation sites for fine recrystallized grains, and the fracture mode was changed due to the formation of a high number of recrystallized grains. …”
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Effect of Dissolution and Dispersion Conditions of VC-713 on the Hydrate Inhibition by Ren Wang, Huicui Sun, Jinsheng Sun, Yuanzhi Qu, Jie Zhang, Xiaomei Shi, Ling Zhang, Dongdong Guo

“…Results showed that VC-713 inhibits hydrate nucleation and growth by adsorbing and binding. When the addition amounts are the same, better dissolution and dispersion of VC-713 can inhibit the hydrate formation more effectively. …”
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Solid–liquid phase change in planetary cores by Huguet, Ludovic, Kriaa, Quentin, Alboussière, Thierry,  Le Bars, Michael

“…Drawing parallel with metallurgy, it navigates through all scales of phase change dynamics, from microscopic processes (nucleation and crystal growth) to macroscopic consequences (solid–liquid segregation and large-scale flows). …”
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CdSe Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Devices by A. B. Kashyout, Hesham M. A. Soliman, Marwa Fathy, E. A. Gomaa, Ali A. Zidan

“…This provides temporally discrete nucleation and permits controlled growth of macroscopic quantities of nanocrystallites. …”
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Influence of the graphene oxide on heat conduction characteristics of cement-based honeycomb scaffolds by Zhangjianing Cheng, Yuan Gao, Youjian Zhang, Sijia Wang, Xinlei Mao, Lei Feng, Qiuchen Liu, Yanming Liu

“…The incorporation of GO induces nucleation and pore-infilling effects, strengthening the pore structure of the coated cement and complicating the heat conduction pathway, ultimately reducing heat transfer in cement-based honeycomb scaffolds. …”
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Effect of solid solution temperature and aging time on microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 617 superalloy by WANG Qingpeng, LIU Sheng, SUN Mingyue, JIA Zhen, XU Bin, WU Shengqing, CHEN Yijie

“…The results show that the main precipitated phase in the solid solution microstructure of Inconel 617 superalloy is M23C6 type carbide， and the nucleation growth is preferentially at the grain boundary. …”
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Thermal process for magnesium production with Al-Si-Fe from coal fly ash: Thermodynamics and experimental investigation by Yu Q.-C., Deng Y., Yin S.-B., Li Z.-Y.

“…Magnesium with the content of 94.87% is prepared using the obtained Al-Si-Fe alloy as a reductant. The nucleation rate is less than the growth rate during the condensation of magnesium vapor.…”
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High temperature effects on fatigue performance and crack initiation mechanisms of 316LN stainless steel for nuclear power pipelines by JianNeng Zheng, JunChao Hu, YueHui Jiang, QingYuan Wang, Kun Yang

“…Moreover, its microstructural features and fatigue crack nucleation mechanisms were further studied. It was found that fatigue crack initiation predominantly occurs at the SS specimen surface. …”
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Comparative effects of graphene oxide on the interfacial transition zone in silica fume-modified cement mortar at varying water-to-binder ratios by Sumin Im, Seongmin Cho, Junxing Liu, Peiqi Li, Dahyung Jin, Sungwon Sim, Seungmin Lim, Sungchul Bae

“…GO enhanced the degree of hydration by providing nucleation sites and promoting the pozzolanic reaction of silica fume and Ca(OH)2, leading to the formation of secondary amorphous phases. …”
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Disomic chromosome 3R(3B) substitution causes a complex of meiotic abnormalities in bread wheat <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L. by А. А. Zhuravleva, О. G. Silkova

“…Disturbances were found in microtubule nucleation at the bivalent kinetochores and in their convergence at the spindle division poles. …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…The presence of initial dislocations was demonstrated to favor shock wave attenuation and stress relaxation in HEAs, which was a consequence of facilitated dislocation nucleation, multiplication, reaction, and accumulation behaviors. …”
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Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of TiB/Ti6Al4V composites based on selective laser melting by Huang X., Zhu Y.-T., Huang W.-D., Qin S.-S., Wang L.

“…The TiB2 particles acted as nucleation centers to significantly refine the grains during processing and reacted with elemental Ti to form a needle-like TiB network at the grain boundaries, which strengthened the whiskers. …”
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Carbothermal reduction of fayalite: Thermodynamic and non-isothermal kinetic analysis by Li Z., Ma G.-J., Zou J.-J., Zheng D.-L., Zhang X.

“…As the reaction proceeded, the generated CO provided a good kinetics condition for the carbothermal reduction of fayalite, and the controlling step of the reaction was the nucleation and growth of the metallic iron.…”
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Synthesis and Thermomechanical Characterization of Nylon 6/Cu Nanocomposites Produced by an Ultrasound-Assisted Extrusion Method by Rubén Sierra-Ávila, Marissa Pérez-Alvarez, Janett Valdez-Garza, Carlos Alberto Avila-Orta, Enrique Javier Jiménez-Regalado, José M. Mata-Padilla, Enrique Soto-Castruita, Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego

“…This behavior is attributed to an efficient dispersion of the nanoparticles and to their functionality as crystal nucleation sites. For the 0.10% concentration nanocomposite, higher mechanical properties were obtained; tensile strength increased by 8.9%, and the tensile modulus increased by 25.4%; as a consequence, elongation at break was 62% less than that of the polymer matrix.…”
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Seasonal Variations and Long-term Trend of Mineral Dust Aerosols over the Taiwan Region by Yanda Zhang, Yi-Jhen Cai, Fangqun Yu, Gan Luo, Charles C. K. Chou

“…An increasing number of modeling studies have related ice nucleation with the number concentrations of dust particles with a diameter larger than 500 nm (ND,d>500nm). …”
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Kinetics of grain growth in Ti-2.7Al-5.7Fe-6Mo-6V alloy by Mutava T.D., Cornish L.A., Sigalas I.

“…Grain growth depended on whether the matrix was (αTi) or (βTi), and on the competing precipitate dissolution, or nucleation and growth processes. The as-cast alloy had a mean grain size of 19 ± 7μm, which increased to 63 ± 21μm after heat treating at 500°C for 2h. …”
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Microstructural Characterization and Wear Properties of Fe-Based Amorphous-Crystalline Coating Deposited by Twin Wire Arc Spraying by Ana Arizmendi-Morquecho, Araceli Campa-Castilla, C. Leyva-Porras, Josué Almicar Aguilar Martinez, Gregorio Vargas Gutiérrez, Karla Judith Moreno Bello, L. López López

“…This kind of carbides growth can be attributed to partial crystallization by heterogeneous nucleation. These interfaces have not been reported in the literature by thermal spraying process. …”
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Microstructural transition from ZrO₂ to Zr–Al intermetallics and property evolution in AA5051 composites by G. Anbuchezhiyan, G. Ananth, Vignesh M, K. Logesh, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Elango Natarajan

“…Microstructural observations show that ZrO2 particles distribute evenly throughout the alloy matrix without yielding residual pores, and they thrive as nucleation sites during solidification to inhibit recrystallisation. …”
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Dynamic recrystallization and mechanical behavior of Mg alloy AZ31: Constraints from tensile tests with in-situ EBSD analysis by Boissonneau, Gaëtan, Tommasi, Andréa, Barou, Fabrice, Lopez-Sanchez, Marco Antonio, Montagnat, Maurine

“…Both in-situ microstructural observations and statistical analysis of microstructural properties document continuous DRX with nucleation by association of bulging and subgrain rotation starting at strains as low as 6%. …”
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Nanoscale monitoring of the initial stage of water condensation on a printed circuit board by Alekszej Romanenko, Ali Gharaibeh, Bálint Medgyes, Peter Petrik

“…Compared to Sn the nucleation was delayed on the solder mask with a larger surface coverage at smaller thicknesses. …”
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