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What do crystals nucleate on? What is the microscopic mechanism? How can we model nucleation?

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to S. Akella, S. Fraden, L. Lupi, V. Molinero, R. Shaw, L. Tan, and B. Trout for figure permissions. I would also like to thank the many scientists I have discussed nucleation with over the years, in particular, D. Frenkel, S. Fraden, B. Peters, and R. Shaw. The author acknowledges EPSRC for funding (EP/J006106/1 and a PhD studentship) and confirms that no new data were created during this study.

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Sear, R. What do crystals nucleate on? What is the microscopic mechanism? How can we model nucleation?. MRS Bulletin 41, 363–368 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2016.88

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