Crystals: Building patterns with randomness

Crystals are materials that have all their atoms assembled in a precise, repeating pattern, and crystalline materials are everywhere. In this video, I've got real crystals, take pictures of actual atoms, and build two demonstrations (one physical and one virtual) that show how crystals actually form.
Extra thanks to the Earth Science microscopy facility, CNSI, and Dr. Mukherjee at UCSB for props, lab access and a better TEM image than my original!
This Video Series:
Crystals (The main video): • Crystals: Building pat...
The entire CsCl crystal simulation, growing a crystalline "nanoparticle" from 2 to 16384 particles: • Crystals: raw footage ...
Extra footage of the water-bath 2D demo: • Crystals: raw footage ...
Epilogue - Why cubic crystals don't always make cubic shapes: coming soon
CODE!
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Music Credits:
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Other Credits:
Silica diagram - public domain
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