If laser light is shone on a solution, the crystal structure that forms depends on the light polarization, and the more intense the laser, the greater the probability of crystal nucleation. The challenge now is to work out why this is.
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Oxtoby, D. Crystals in a flash. Nature 420, 277–278 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420277a
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