Figure 2
Experimental reveal of the self-similar \(\lambda ^2\)-profile in the propagating melting front in bulk colloidal crystal at intermediate superheating: (a)–(c) consequent snapshots of the system, where the symbols are particles coloured in accordance to the \(\lambda ^2\)-value (see Supplemental Movie 1). (d) Evolution of the field \(\lambda ^2(r,t)\) in the radial direction (1) shown in (a). (e) \(\lambda ^2(\tau )\)-profile in the propagating melting front during the nuclei growth. The red symbols are experimental points, the red solid line is the theoretical fit (8). The blue symbols are the fraction of 6-fold Voronoi cells in the plane of analysis, with the sudden drop indicating the structure is breaking.
