The nucleation of crystals in liquids is one of nature's most ubiquitous phenomena, playing
an important role in areas such as climate change and the production of drugs. As the early …

Here, we review the basic concepts and applications of the phase-field-crystal (PFC)
method, which is one of the latest simulation methodologies in materials science for …

In an industrial crystallization process, crystal shape strongly influences end-product quality
and functionality, as well as downstream processing. In addition, nucleation events, solvent …

We review how phase-field models contributed to the understanding of various aspects of
crystal nucleation, including homogeneous and heterogeneous processes, and their role in …

This review describes some important physical characteristics of the pathways (ie,
dynamical processes) by which molecular, nanoscale, and micrometer-scale self-assembly …

The REACH regulation (recent EU regulation for “Registration, Evaluation, Authorization,
and Restriction of Chemicals”) entered its product-recording phase after December 2008. 1 …

The formation of crystals has proven to be one of the most challenging phase
transformations to quantitatively model—let alone to actually understand—be it by means of …

Nucleation is an activated process in which the system has to overcome a free energy
barrier in order for a first-order phase transition between the metastable and the stable …

Phase transition of anisotropic materials is ubiquitously observed in physics, biology,
materials science, and engineering. Nevertheless, how anisotropy of constituent molecules …

Crystallization under geometrical confinement is of fundamental importance in condensed
matter physics, biophysics and material science. Even the influence of the simplest …