<p>➀ An international research team studied shock-cooled silicon surfaces, revealing that cooling speed critically impacts silicon's crystalline structure, with faster cooling leading to 1D atomic chains and slower cooling forming 2D honeycomb-like domains; </p><p>➁ The anisotropic Ising model aligned with experimental data, demonstrating similarities to the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, which explains topological defect formation during rapid phase transitions, like those in the early universe; </p><p>➂ Findings offer insights for defect-free semiconductor manufacturing and suggest the Kibble-Zurek mechanism applies broadly, even in materials science contexts.</p>