“Growing crystals means they can take a break ... or trapping objects inside. “Crystals are really special objects where all of the ions or molecules are lined up in repeating patterns ...

The rest of the process happens more or less naturally, as crystals begin to form in the saturated solution. And boy, did they grow — long, prismatic lime-green crystals, with a beautiful ...

Liquid-phase TEM video of layer-by-layer growth of a crystal with smooth surface from gold concave nanocubes. Surface particles on the growing crystal are tracked (center positions overlaid with ...

Polishing the crystals to make them optically cleaner would be a good next step, as would perhaps growing even larger crystals.

A new technique that produces 3D models of individual crystals has opened ... board on how to look deep inside solids made of ...

But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty of variety to keep things fresh for the judges of this year’s U.S. Crystal Growing Competition at UB. Some were smooth and clear, others a tad more jagged and ...