Quasicrystals: Unusual Mosaic of Atoms

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quasicrystals

Unusual atomic crystal arrangements including 5, 8 and 12-fold symmetries found in aluminum alloys & certain polymers

<p>Unusual atomic crystal arrangements including 5, 8 and 12-fold symmetries found in aluminum alloys &amp; certain polymers</p>
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5, 8, 10, 12

Symmetries quasicrystals include.

<p>Symmetries quasicrystals include.</p>
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2, 4, 6

The usual symmetry types found in crystallography.

<p>The usual symmetry types found in crystallography.</p>
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nobel peace prize

Dan Schectman made electron microscopic observations of quasicrystals and won this for his discovery of them.

<p>Dan Schectman made electron microscopic observations of quasicrystals and won this for his discovery of them.</p>
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polygonal and icosahedral

The two known quasicrystal types.

<p>The two known quasicrystal types.</p>
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penrose tiles

A geometric relationship used in approximately modeling quasicrystals, although their original creation wasn't to describe them.

<p>A geometric relationship used in approximately modeling quasicrystals, although their original creation wasn't to describe them.</p>
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space

Penrose Tiles are small non-identical shapes arranged to fill this completely.

<p>Penrose Tiles are small non-identical shapes arranged to fill this completely.</p>
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phi

Penrose tiles give us a geometric representation of quasicrystal molecules and atoms and are made up of this.

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islamic

Strong evidence reveals that these mathematicians and artists discovered quasicrystalline properties of "Penrose tilings" hundreds of years before Kepler.

<p>Strong evidence reveals that these mathematicians and artists discovered quasicrystalline properties of "Penrose tilings" hundreds of years before Kepler.</p>
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razor blades

One of the many uses for quasicrystals.

<p>One of the many uses for quasicrystals.</p>