Effect of Graphite Nanosheets on Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Larissa Stieven Montagna, Thaís Larissa do Amaral Montanheiro, João Paulo Barros Machado, Fábio Roberto Passador, Ana Paula Lemes, Mirabel Cerqueira Rezende

“…However, the GNS acted as nucleation agent for crystallization; that is, in the second heating the samples containing GNS showed two melting peaks. …”
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Tailoring the shell structures in core-shell metal nanostructures for improved catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics by Manickam Sundarapandi, Alagarsamy Pandikumar, Perumal Rameshkumar, Ramasamy Ramaraj

“…This review highlights significant progress in the design and synthesis of various nanostructures and compositions through precise control of nucleation and growth processes using specific synthetic methods. …”
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Condensate droplet roaming on nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces by Cheuk Wing Edmond Lam, Kartik Regulagadda, Matteo Donati, Abinash Tripathy, Gopal Chandra Pal, Chander Shekhar Sharma, Athanasios Milionis, Dimos Poulikakos

“…We quantify and show that it is the inherent asymmetries in droplet adhesion during condensation, arising from the stochastic nature of nucleation within the nanostructures, that generates the tangential momentum driving the roaming motion. …”
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Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality by Regina Jeziorska, Agnieszka Szadkowska, Ewa Spasowka, Aneta Lukomska, Michal Chmielarek

“…DSC and DMTA analyses show that nucleation ability and reinforcing effect of A-SiO2 on plasticized blend crystallization are much better than those of SiO2. …”
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Antibody association in solution: cluster distributions and mechanisms by Sandi Brudar, Leonid Breydo, Elisha Chung, Ken A. Dill, Nasim Ehterami, Ketan Phadnis, Samir Senapati, Mohammed Shameem, Xiaolin Tang, Muhammmad Tayyab, Barbara Hribar-Lee

“…Weakly interacting antibodies are rate-limited by nucleation; strongly interacting ones by propagation. …”
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Controlled Growth of ZnSe Nanocrystals by Tuning Reactivity and Amount of Zinc Precursor by Lai-Jun Zhang, Fa-Yun Chen, Ji-Zao Tong, Guang-Da Chen, Hai-Jin Huang, Xing-Can Shen

“…The effect of the reactivity and the amount of zinc precursor on nucleation and growth of ZnSe nanocrystals were investigated by ultraviolet-visible absorption and photoluminescence spectra. …”
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Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Vibrational Frequency Calculations of Species in Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated MgSO4 Solution at 543 K by Mengzi Zhou, Xiancai Lu, Xiandong Liu, Yingchun Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Kai Wang

“…Our findings give atomic level recognition of concentrated phase in liquid-liquid phase separated MgSO4 fluids and theoretical explanation of the 980 cm-1 Raman peak shifting, which will further inspire understandings on nucleation processes of hydrated sulfate minerals and Raman spectra resolving of other sulfate systems.…”
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Research Progress of TiN Formation and Control in the Smelting Process of Ti-Microalloyed Steel by Yang　Rui, Li　Yang, Sun　Meng, Ma　Shuai, Mao　Yunqie, Jiang　Zhouhua

“…Mg treatment， Ca treatment and rare earth treatment can provide effective nucleation inclusion for the formation of TiN， while reducing the formation of large size TiN inclusion. …”
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Multifunctional Graphdiyne Enables Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells via Anti-Solvent Additive Engineering by Cong Shao, Jingyi He, Jiaxin Ma, Yirong Wang, Guosheng Niu, Pengfei Zhang, Kaiyi Yang, Yao Zhao, Fuyi Wang, Yongjun Li, Jizheng Wang

“…Highlights The use of novel nanographdiyne (o-TB-GDY) via anti-solvent additive engineering significantly enhances the nucleation and growth of perovskite crystals, leading to improved film quality, reduced film defects and suppressed non-radiative recombination. o-TB-GDY primarily remains on the surface of the perovskite films after crystallization, where it strongly interacts with the undercoordinated Pb defects for effective passivation. …”
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Pre-martensite and bainite reactions: A thermal stability study by Aleksandra Królicka, José Antonio Jimenez, Francisca G. Caballero

“…Although the presence of pre-martensite below the Ms temperature accelerates the nucleation time of the bainitic transformation, the time to finish the transformation is longer (∼11.5 h) compared to the treatment above Ms (∼5 h). …”
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Investigating the Antiscale Magnetic Treatment Controversy: Insights from the Model Calcium Carbonate Scalant by M. ElMassalami, M. S. Teixeira, A. Elzubair

“…(ii) Within a high-pH, magnetically-contaminated, supersaturated solution, the field does have an influence: Here, gradient-force-driven agglomerated particulates can act as templates for heterogeneous nucleation and growth.…”
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Carbon nanotube manipulates crystallization kinetics and viscoelastic behavior of PP/EBC blends by Nariman Rajabifar, Payam Yazdandoost, Parnian Gholami Dastnaei, Amir Rostami

“…Decelerating polymer chain relaxation led by nucleation role of MWCNTs. Formation of larger and more imperfect crystals upon the addition of MWCNTs. …”
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Nanomodification analysis of pore structure in GO-enhanced CWRB based on metal intrusion and BSE imaging with deep learning by Jiajian Yu, Yi Gong, Yuan Gao, Hao Sui, Xiaoli Xu, Yanming Liu

“…The results imply that by nucleation and pore-infilling effects, GO can promote the hydrate reaction and cooperate with the generated hydration products to split the large pores into independent units, thus optimizing the microstructure of CWRB. …”
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Interfacial Microstructure and Cladding Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel/Carbon Steel Clad Plates at Different Rolling Reduction Ratios by Jie Chen, Yixin Zhu, Xia Chen, Xiaoli Ma, Bin Chen

“…The reduction ratio increases sharply, leading to an increase in dislocation density, which promotes the nucleation, growth, and precipitation of carbides and seriously reduces the corrosion resistance of the cladding. …”
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Effects of CaO, MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2 on the carbothermic reduction of synthetic FeCr2O4 by Wang Y., Wang L., Chou K.C.

“…SiO2 would also hamper the Cr metallization because there was a liquid phase formed when Cr3+ was reduced to divalent, which would impede the nucleation of reduction product.…”
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Synergistic effects of heterostructure and pre-deformation on precipitation and corrosion behaviors of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys by Jinming Zhi, Mingxing Guo, Tongbo Wang, Wen Meng, Wei Zhou, Linzhong Zhuang, Huafen Lou

“…The complex interactions that occur among the soft/hard micro-scale zones, intragranular/grain boundary precipitation, and homogeneous/heterogeneous nucleation lead to differences in precipitation and corrosion resistance for different microstructures. …”
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Effect of Beam Power on Intermetallic Compound Formation of Electron Beam-Welded Cu and Al6082-T6 Dissimilar Joints by Darina Kaisheva, Georgi Kotlarski, Maria Ormanova, Borislav Stoyanov, Vladimir Dunchev, Angel Anchev, Stefan Valkov

“…The low power resulted in high cooling rates, which hindered the nucleation of the copper and aluminum particles. A number of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) were formed, including the metastable Cu₉Al₄ one. …”
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Enhanced strength and reduced elastic modulus of biomedical metastable β Ti–Nb alloy via intermediate phase transformation by Meng Qiang, Xi-rong Yang, Geng-jie Wang, Xiao-yan Liu, Lei Luo, Qun Ren, Jing-zhong Wang

“…The lattice defects and high distortion induced by the deformation can provide nucleation sites and drive the precipitation during aging, as well as hinder the dissolution of the low-modulus stress-induced martensitic (SIM) α′′ phase introduced during the deformation, which results in the formation of fine and dispersed nanosized intermediate phases (α + ω + α′′) after short-term aging. …”
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Process, dynamics and bioeffects of acoustic droplet vaporization induced by dual-frequency focused ultrasound by Yubo Zhao, Yi Feng, Liang Wu

“…While previous models have examined the stages of nucleation, growth, and oscillation in isolation, which may limit their ability to fully describe the entire ADV process. …”
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Fluids, faulting and earthquakes in the brittle crust: recent advances and new challenges by Fabbri, Olivier, Raimbourg, Hugues, Leclère, Henri

“…Supra-hydrostatic $p_{f}$ also plays a role in the nucleation or propagation of seismic ruptures in the continental or oceanic crust, and in subducting slabs in convergent margins, as reported for aftershocks, swarms, slow earthquakes, and to a lesser extent for major earthquakes. …”
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