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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R17928/01
Title:	Confocal Microscopy of Hard-Sphere Suspensions
Principal Investigator:	Bartlett, Professor P
Other Investigators:	van Duijneveldt, Dr JS
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Bristol
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 2001	Ends:	29 February 2004	Value (£):	124,573
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Complex fluids & soft solids Condensed Matter Physics
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing Chemicals Food and Drink
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Our research aim is to investigate the detailed microscopic mechanism of nucleation at the liquid-solid transition of hard spheres. Confocal microscopy will be used to directly observe the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of nucleation in a colloidal supercooled fluid of hard spheres. The radical structure of both critical and pre-critical nuclei will be directly imaged and compared with recent simulation predictions. Our experiments will enable a detailed study to be made of the microscopic mechanism by which the critical nucleus grows into a stable crystalline phase. These measurements will provide a dramatic test of the concepts of classical nucleation theory and provide qualitatively new experimental information on nucleation pathways in a simple model system.
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