A new method was introduced to achieve directional growth of Sn crystals. Microstructures in liquid （Pb）/ liquid （Sn） diffusion couples were investigated under various static magnetic fields. Results show that the...A new method was introduced to achieve directional growth of Sn crystals. Microstructures in liquid （Pb）/ liquid （Sn） diffusion couples were investigated under various static magnetic fields. Results show that the β-Sn crystals mainly reveal an irregular dendritic morphology without or with a relatively low static magnetic field （〈0.3 T）. When the magnetic field is increased to 0.5 T, the β-Sn dendrites close to the final stage of growth begin to show some directional character. With a further increase in the magnetic field to a higher level （0.8-5 T）, the β-Sn dendrites have an enhanced directional growth character, but the dendrites show a certain deflection. As the magnetic field is increased to 12 T, the directional growth of the β-Sn dendrites in the center of the couple is severely destroyed. The mechanism of the directional growth of the β-Sn crystals and the deflection of the β-Sn crystals with the application of static magnetic field was tentatively discussed.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51201029, 51071042 and 51374067)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. N130409002, N130209001 and N130709001)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2012M520637)the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB619506)
文摘A new method was introduced to achieve directional growth of Sn crystals. Microstructures in liquid （Pb）/ liquid （Sn） diffusion couples were investigated under various static magnetic fields. Results show that the β-Sn crystals mainly reveal an irregular dendritic morphology without or with a relatively low static magnetic field （〈0.3 T）. When the magnetic field is increased to 0.5 T, the β-Sn dendrites close to the final stage of growth begin to show some directional character. With a further increase in the magnetic field to a higher level （0.8-5 T）, the β-Sn dendrites have an enhanced directional growth character, but the dendrites show a certain deflection. As the magnetic field is increased to 12 T, the directional growth of the β-Sn dendrites in the center of the couple is severely destroyed. The mechanism of the directional growth of the β-Sn crystals and the deflection of the β-Sn crystals with the application of static magnetic field was tentatively discussed.
