quasicrystal
noun
qua·si·crys·tal
ˈkwā-ˌzī-ˌkri-stᵊl 
-sī-,
ˈkwä-zē-,
-sē-
: a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure
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For decades, scientists considered quasicrystals an impossibility.
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Since then, scientists have even found some (but not many) quasicrystals in nature.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
In 1982, Dan Shechtman discovered that symmetries akin to the ones in Penrose tilings show up in nature in the form of structures called quasicrystals, in work that earned him the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The quasicrystal plucked earlier this year from the recesses of a red trinitite sample is the first to contain a combination of iron, silicon, copper and calcium.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
Hidden deep within one of these samples was something even more unusual — a 'forbidden' type of matter known as a quasicrystal — but nearly eight decades came and went before scientists began searching for it.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
The symmetry group of the quasicrystal is the same as that of the regular 20-sided solid known as an icosahedron, and the chemistry is given by the formula Si61Cu30Ca7Fe2.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 18 May 2021
The force of the Trinity test had forged a new quasicrystal.
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 19 May 2021
Scientists have long debated how quasicrystals form.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2016
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Since then, scientists have even found some (but not many) quasicrystals in nature.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
In 1982, Dan Shechtman discovered that symmetries akin to the ones in Penrose tilings show up in nature in the form of structures called quasicrystals, in work that earned him the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
The quasicrystal plucked earlier this year from the recesses of a red trinitite sample is the first to contain a combination of iron, silicon, copper and calcium.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
Hidden deep within one of these samples was something even more unusual — a 'forbidden' type of matter known as a quasicrystal — but nearly eight decades came and went before scientists began searching for it.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
The symmetry group of the quasicrystal is the same as that of the regular 20-sided solid known as an icosahedron, and the chemistry is given by the formula Si61Cu30Ca7Fe2.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 18 May 2021
The force of the Trinity test had forged a new quasicrystal.
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 19 May 2021
Scientists have long debated how quasicrystals form.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2016
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“Quasicrystal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quasicrystal. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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