Atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time – Science Daily

Two novel techniques, atomic-resolution real-time video and conical carbon nanotube confinement, allow researchers to view never-before-seen details about crystal formation. The observations confirm theoretical predictions about how salt crystals form and could inform general theories about the way in which crystal formation produces different ordered structures from an otherwise disordered chemical mixture.Crystals include many familiar things, such as snowflakes, salt grains and even diamonds….

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