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Non-physicist question: why does the block of the forming crystal move as a whole back and forth? Is this Brownian motion in action?
by jasondclinton 6y ago
Non-physicist question: why does the block of the forming crystal move as a whole back and forth? Is this Brownian motion in action?
- magicalhippo 6y agoThe containing structure (the carbon nanohorn as they call it), is vibrating. So I'm guessing it's getting kicked around when it touches the walls, so to speak.
- hindsightbias 6y agoGuessing the crystals are probably connected in some lattice so won't move independently. The expansion horizontally is gated by the walls so it gets bounced around until it moves to a wider section. There seems to be some ratio of horizontal vs vertical growth.