Quasicrystals from nanocrystals

Abstract

Quasicrystals have a host of unusual physical properties. These intermediates between amorphous solids and regular crystalline materials can now be made to self-assemble from nanoparticles.

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Citation

van Blaaderen, A 2009, 'Quasicrystals from nanocrystals', Nature, vol. 461, pp. 892-893.