{"id":3772,"date":"2026-09-28T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:57:56","slug":"when-crystals-grow-like-coral-featured-in-nederlands-tijdschrift-voor-natuurkunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/when-crystals-grow-like-coral-featured-in-nederlands-tijdschrift-voor-natuurkunde\/","title":{"rendered":"When Crystals Grow Like Coral \u2014 Featured in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3772\" class=\"elementor elementor-3772\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-101687a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"101687a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73830d9\" data-id=\"73830d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7f3b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d7f3b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The research of Prof. Shahidzadeh was featured in the September 2026 edition of <em>Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (NTvN). <\/em>Solutions containing mixtures of different ions can exhibit surprising behaviour. Instead of forming flawless crystals as we know them, the matter can organize itself into so-called spherulites\u2014mesmerizing spherical structures that sprout like tiny sea urchins or coral heads under the microscope. Beyond helping us decode fossil-like mineral textures once mistaken for biological remains, this phenomenon offers a pathway to engineering materials with intricate internal architectures and exceptionally large surface areas, with designs dictated by the physics of nonequilibrium crystal growth.<\/p><\/div><div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntvn.nl\/nl\/edities\">Find edition here<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research of Prof. Shahidzadeh was featured in the September 2026 edition of Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (NTvN). 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Instead of forming flawless crystals as we know them, the matter can organize itself into so-called spherulites\u2014mesmerizing spherical structures that sprout like tiny sea urchins or coral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3863,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}