Crystallization tracked atom by atom

Atoms of a metal alloy have been tracked as they form crystal nuclei -- the first ordered clusters of atoms or molecules produced during crystallization. The findings might help to develop a general nucleation theory. Observations of crystal nucleation.
Author(s): Peter G. Vekilov Author Affiliations: Crystallization tracked atom by atom Nucleation is the earliest stage of crystallization, in which atoms or molecules dispersed in a crystallization medium first come [...]