Ostwald's 1897 paper on crystal nucleation 1 contains an interesting remark in the introduction. After explaining that supercooled liquids can be made to crystallize by the introduction of a small ...

Chirality—often described as "handedness"—is a fundamental property of nature, underlying the behavior of molecules ranging ...

Discover the fascinating process of growing vibrant crystals from potassium ferricyanide, copper sulfate, and potassium alum with this in-depth crystal experiment. Watch as we prepare saturated ...

Seed crystals are tiny single crystals made to dissolve in a solution (or melt) from which larger crystals are drawn either by precipitation, centrifuging or drawing up from a melt. Seed crystals are ...