Real-time transmission electron microscopy shows that the formation of crystal nuclei of organic molecules in solution occurs inside dense liquid nanoclusters.
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Vekilov, P. Nucleus in a droplet. Nature Mater 11, 838–840 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3441
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