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Making light work of crystal growth

Nature Photonics volume 10, pages 694–695 (2016)Cite this article

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A new method of stimulating crystal growth by laser light could enhance the way we make materials.

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Figure 1: Schematic diagrams outlining the laser-induced crystal growth mechanism uncovered by Tominaga and co-workers1.

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