Self-diffusion in liquid interfaces

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Mar 5;92(9):095901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.095901. Epub 2004 Mar 3.

Abstract

For studying self-diffusion in liquid interfaces, 59Fe tracer diffusion was measured on ultrafine-grained Nd2Fe14B which undergoes an intergranular melting transition for low Nd excess. The diffusion coefficient in the intergranular liquid layers is found to be lower than in bulk melts indicating a hampered atomic mobility due to confinement. Well above the intergranular melting transition, the diffusivity in the liquid interfaces approaches a value characteristic for bulk melts.