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Scientists Accidentally Create Improbable Two-Dimensional Quasicrystals
- colanderman 13y agoAh, so akin to a Penrose tiling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling
- miga 13y agoAs if quasicrystals were not rare enough, it is good to see an ultimate "test sample", since 2D object may be much simpler to study.
- rubidium 13y agoFun story: Shechtman, the discover of (3D) quasicrystals, had to fight for a long time to gain acceptance of his discovery. The main problem? A Nobel Prize winner (x2, one in Chemistry, on in Peace) Linus Pauling was adamant that such a structure was impossible. The full story can be found here: http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/the-quasicrystals-puzzle-an-introduction/ http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/the-quasicrystal... It's fun to see that they've found 2D ones.