Material design, as it moves into the world of microstructures, relies on understanding “solid-liquid interface patterns.” Previous studies have identified “dendritic patterns” as metal alloys cool, and this paper offers a new mode of capturing these patterns through “several image analysis methods to achieve this goal reliably despite varying contrast and noise levels.”

See the full list of authors and read their research paper, “Dynamics of solidification microstructure formation in DECLIC-DSI onboard ISS: dendritic patterns data treatment,” at HAL Open Science.