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Crystal tilt and replica of the crystal morphology in ice-templated structures
Version 2 2016-10-18, 08:44
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posted on 2016-10-18, 08:44 authored by Sylvain DevilleSylvain DevilleSchematic representation of a dendritic ice crystal growing in a temperature gradient, and micrographs showing the replica of the crystal morphology in ice-templated structures. The replica of the dendritic crystals (when grown in a particle suspension) has numerous dendritic surface features. This phenomenon is encountered in materials processing routes called ice-templating or freeze-casting.