"Crystals are ubiquitous—we use them in everything from technology to medicine—but our actual understanding of the crystallization process has been lacking," says James Martin, professor of ...

Findings showed that formation of polymorph B (trihydrate) is independent of the water-crystallization method used. However, polymorphs A and H are dependent on the mode of drying.

News Release 17-Feb-2021 Upending complex crystal formation PNNL researchers discover a new route to forming complex crystals Peer-Reviewed Publication DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...

The researchers explicitly investigated the so-called crystal nucleation rate J (T). This is a measure of the probability that a crystal will form in a certain volume within a certain time.

The surface of ice has influential properties scientists don’t quite understand, and computer models have not been able to fully mimic the process of growing snow crystals, he said.

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