ORDER FROM DISORDER. “Crystals are paradigmatic examples of long-range-ordered structures obtained through a self-assembly process via a first-order phase transition that starts from a disordered state, such as a liquid or a gas. The initial stage of a crystallization process, nucleation, is the fundamental and yet not well understood phenomenon leading to the formation of an embryonic structure with crystal-like properties.”
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