Crystal formation follows a two-step process ... form with our microscope,” said Stefano Sacanna, professor of chemistry at NYU. Through experiments, researchers observed charged colloidal ...

The observations confirm theoretical predictions about how salt crystals form and could inform general theories about the way in which crystal formation ... Department of Chemistry at the ...

New research by chemist has shed new light on ice crystal formation by combining an electron ... Mary Jane Shultz, Ph.D., a chemistry professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts ...

Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of ...

Rather than individual crystals nucleating, the step that begins crystal formation, and then randomly ... Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry, and Technology.

Current conditions are still favorable for gypsum crystal formation and growth, with a water temperature at that depth of about 55 °C, Van Driessche says. There are even small ponds in the mine ...

As the chemistry blog Compound Interest explains ... (around 40˚C), otherwise it interferes with and prevents crystal formation. The small, fine crystals of sucrose that are formed give texture ...

Inclusion crystals and host–guest chemistry ... Host–Guest Chemistry: A branch of supramolecular chemistry dealing with the formation and study of complexes between a host framework and ...

Sparkling hollows filled with lustrous crystals, dubbed geodes, are often perceived as small objects that can fit comfortably on a bookshelf. But some are more like gigantic cathedrals filled with ...

Libbrecht is a professor at the California Institute of Technology where he specialises in the dynamics of ice crystal formation. In our interview, he explains the complex physics at play when ...