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Crystallization: Colloidal suspense

arXiv:1407.3644 · doi:10.1038/nphys2849

Abstract

According to classical nucleation theory, a crystal grows from a small nucleus that already bears the symmetry of its end phase - but experiments with colloids now reveal that, from an amorphous precursor, crystallites with different structures can develop.