Melting of 3He in a phase-separated solid 3He–4He mixture

Polarized 3He : dendritic melting

Solid-solid phase transitions via melting in metals.

Observing solid-solid phase transitions in-situ with sufficient temporal and spatial resolution is a great challenge, and is often only possible via computer simulations or in model systems. Recently, a study of polymeric colloidal particles, where the particles mimic atoms, revealed an intermediate liquid state in the transition from one solid to another. While not yet observed there, this fin...

Solid-solid phase transformation via virtual melting significantly below the melting temperature.

A new phenomenon is theoretically predicted, namely, that solid-solid transformation with a relatively large transformation strain can occur through virtual melting along the interface at temperatures significantly (more than 100 K) below the melting temperature. The energy of elastic stresses, induced by transformation strain, increases the driving force for melting and reduces the melting tem...

Magnetic diffraction in solid 3He

2014 Magnetic diffraction in a bcc single crystal of 3He directly proves the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic ordering with a propagation vector ( 1 /2, 0, 0). J. Physique Lett. 46 (1985) L-923 L-927 ler OCTOBRE 1985, Classification Physics Abstracts 67. 80 75 . 25 75. 30E The originality of the magnetic ordering of solid 3 He is that the large zero point motion leads to atom-atom exchange pr...

Magnetic phase transition in a nanonetwork of solid 3He in aerogel.

When immersed in liquid 3He, the nanometer strands of aerogel are coated with a thin layer of solid 3He, forming a network of irregular nanotubes. Owing to its high purity and weak interactions, this system is ideal for studying fundamental processes. We report the first experiments on solid 3He in aerogel at ultralow temperatures, cooled by direct adiabatic demagnetization. Simultaneous nuclea...