TY - CONF A1 - Reinsch, Stefan T1 - Oriented Surface Crystallization in Glasses N2 - Up to now, oriented surface crystallization phenomena are discussed controversially, and related studies are restricted to few glasses. For silicate glasses we found a good correlation between the calculated surface energy of crystal faces and oriented surface nucleation. Surface energies were estimated assuming that crystal surfaces resemble minimum energy crack paths along the given crystal plane. This concept was successfully applied at the Institute of Physics of Rennes in calculating fracture surface energies of glasses. Several oriented nucleation phenomena can be herby explained assuming that high energy crystal surfaces tend to be wetted by the melt. This would minimize the total interfacial energy of the nucleus. Furthermore, we will discuss the evolution of the microstructure and its effect on the preferred crystal orientation. T2 - 13th International Symposium on Crystallization in Glasses and Liquids CY - Orléans, France DA - 24.09.2024 KW - Surface crystallization KW - Surface energy KW - Crystal orientation KW - Silicate glass PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62219 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -