著者

佐﨑 元 サルバドール· ゼペダ 中坪 俊一 古川 義純

出版者

公益社団法人 日本食品科学工学会

雑誌

日本食品科学工学会誌 (ISSN:1341027X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, no.8, pp.445-449, 2013-08-15 (Released:2013-08-31)

参考文献数

13

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Molecular-level understanding of ice crystal surfaces holds the key to unlocking the secrets of various fields. To observe ice crystal surfaces at the molecular level, we developed an advanced optical microscope, and succeeded in visualizing individual elementary steps of 0.37nm in height on ice basal faces. Utilizing this microscope, we also attempted to visualize the surface melting processes of ice crystals. We found the presence of two types of surface liquid phases (quasi-liquid layer phases) that exhibit different morphologies and dynamics on ice basal faces.