This lab explores the kinetics of nucleation, crystallization, and growth processes using nanoHUB tools. In this lab, we use "Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory: Polycrystalline Growth and Coarsening", and "Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory: Dendritic Growth" to investigate the effects of Temperature (ΔT), Critical Radius (r*), Number of Nuclei (N*), and Thermal-Diffusivity (α) on dendritic growth and polycrystalline coarsening.

Crystal Ipong: Undergraduate Student, Materials Engineering, Cal Poly State University

Mohsen B Kivy, PhD: Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, Cal Poly State University

This project was sponsored by Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) as an Undergraduate Summer Computational Education Experience.

1. Michael Waters, R. Edwin García, Alex Bartol (2015), "Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory : Polycrystalline Growth and Coarsening," https://nanohub.org/resources/vkmlpsgg. (DOI: 10.4231/D3028PF0Z)
2. Michael Waters, R. Edwin García, Alex Bartol (2015), "Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory: Dendritic Growth," https://nanohub.org/resources/vkmlggs. (DOI: 10.4231/D33R0PV23)
3. Michael Waters, R. Edwin García, Alex Bartol (2015), "Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory: Spinodal Decomposition 3D," https://nanohub.org/resources/vkmlsd3d. (DOI: 10.4231/D3C824F9W)

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Mohsen B Kivy, Crystal Ipong (2020), "MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Nucleation, Crystallization, and Growth through nanoHUB Virtual Kinetics Tools," https://nanohub.org/resources/34267.

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1. crystals
2. hands on
3. junior level
4. kinetics of materials
5. materials science
6. NCN Group - Materials Science
7. teaching and learning
8. teaching materials
9. undergraduate level