Metal-like growth of silicon during rapid solidification by quenching undercooled droplets on a chill plate

Droplets of pure silicon were dropped onto a chill plate of copper within an electromagnetic levitation facility. Through observation of morphologies grown on the quenched surfaces, direct evidence of growth mode transition from a continuous form to a lateral form was provided. (c) 2005 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.