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CLASSICAL CRYSTAL UNIVERSE. "By considering what type of symmetry a mineral species possesses, the species may be categorized as a member of one of six crystal systems and one of thirty-two crystal classes." Old thinking. https://lnkd.in/eBPA9ua View in LinkedIn

SELF-ORGANIZATION. "Atoms self-organize in crystals, most of the time. The crystalline lattice, is a periodic array of the atoms. When the solid is not crystalline, it is called amorphous. Examples of crystalline solids are metals, diamond and other precious stones, ice, graphite. Examples of amorphous solids are glass, amorphous carbon (a-C), amorphous Si, most plastics." https://lnkd.in/epuMuJA View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY. "Molecular self assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by non-covalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems, and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures." Driven by life. https://lnkd.in/eD56xUk View in LinkedIn

STRUCTURED WATER. "One other important factor worth discussing is the role of water. It has recently been realized that the structuring of water molecules around ions, molecules, and colloid-sized particles in dissolved state is an important factor in the thermodynamics of phase transitions in solution." https://lnkd.in/eVX4ANS View in LinkedIn

THE TRANSITION from inanimate atoms to the creation of life has confounded scientists for a long time. Vitalism proposed that life could only be created from pre-existing life, but the stunning experiments of Craig Venter suggests this may not be true, when four bottles of innate chemicals rebooted an otherwise replicant deficient cell sack. Inanimate matter has powerful self-assembly properties. The giant question of the transition from innate AI to some type of intelligence. View in LinkedIn

"THE SHAPES OF CRYSTALS are controlled by a combination of energetic and kinetic factors. The equilibrium shape is that which minimizes the total surface free energy of the crystal, which is in turn the sum of the individual products of surface area times interfacial energy. Thus low energy faces are preferentially expressed." https://lnkd.in/eVX4ANS View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE. Inanimate atoms, under the right conditions, assemble without any help into rigorously uniform crystals, each crystal type characteristic of the mineral constituents. Each crystal type has precise geometric rules that describe its formation, leading to predictable and beautiful geometric shapes. Order from chaos driven by enthalpy and phase changes. View in LinkedIn

"CRYSTALIZATION is a nucleated phenomenon; there is a positive free-energy activation barrier to the formation of a nucleus of a few hundred molecules. Once the nucleus has formed the growth process is thermodynamically favored." https://lnkd.in/eX2znvr View in LinkedIn

PHOTOSYNTHETIC ANTENNA PROTEINS. "These data prove that the wave-like energy transfer process discovered at 77 K is directly relevant to biological function. The protein shapes the energy landscape and mediates an efficient energy transfer despite thermal fluctuations." https://lnkd.in/eytWxV5 View in LinkedIn

TIME-LAPSE VIDEO of crystal growth. https://lnkd.in/eGv7J7A View in LinkedIn