Growth Form of an Ice Crystal in Supercooled Water

Furthermore, Shimada and Furukawa [28] measured simultaneously the radius and thickness of a circular disk using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. They found that there are two types of disk growth before morphological instability of the disk shape. They also observed an asymmetric disk pattern with respect to the basal 

In conclusion, the stractures and growth kinetics of ice-water interfaces are completely different between the basal and prismatic faces. However, both the molecular-scale stractures and the growth kinetics are far from being understood. Further detailed observations of ice-water interfaces are important. 

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