Crystal Formation at Low Temperatures: Understanding the Physics Behind It

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Hello, I am new to this forum and guess what :P my first post is going to be a question, well, a few.

Why do crystals form at low temperatures? What physics are involved with this? are there any articles on this subject (ive tried looking, but havnt found anything so far)?
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In a simple picture you could think in terms of energy. The constituent atoms' kinetic energies would simply overcome the binding energies at temperatures too high. I can try to find some articles for you this week. I don't know too much about crystal formation so if I find something it'd benefit me too.