A new experiment demonstrates that natural quasicrystals may have been formed by high-energy shocks between objects in the asteroid belt. Naturally formed quasicrystals--crystal-like solids with ...
Naturally formed quasicrystals–crystal-like solids with supposedly impossible symmetries–are among the rarest structures on Earth. Only two have ever been found. A team led by Paul Asimow (MS ’93, PhD ...