Formation of the critical nucleus for crystallization of the Ag6Cu4 system, showing the crystal nucleus (cyan), a crystal-like ordered region (orange), icosahedral short-range order (yellow), and liquidlike regions (white).

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Unusual Crystallization Behavior Close to the Glass Transition
Caroline Desgranges and Jerome Delhommelle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 115701 (2018)

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