Symmetry breaking on ultrafast timescales

This dataset contains particle position data from an ultrafast quench experiment in a two-dimensional monolayer of superparamagnetic colloids confined at a water–air interface. The system was rapidly quenched from an isotropic liquid phase into a crystalline phase by a sudden increase in the external magnetic field. The dataset includes the x and y positions of individual particles over time during the quench process, the timeline of positional data and an information about data structure.