What's New

US Scientist Recently Discovered Quasicrystals

News: The main distinction between a quasi-crystal and a regular crystal is that a quasi-atomic crystal’s patterns do not repeat like those of a regular crystal. These hardly ever happen naturally. but can be produced artificially.

• Only two naturally occurring quasicrystals have been found thus far.
• The third naturally occurring quasicrystal was just recently discovered, and it was unintentionally created by an electric discharge.
• Lightning or downed power lines were likely to blame for this.
• Quasicrystals are intriguing substances with an unusual confluence of qualities.
• They serve as evidence of the strength and beauty of asymmetry in the natural world.
• Typically, quasi-crystals are created in laboratories.
• High pressure and temperature are necessary for quasi crystals to create these non-repeating atomic structural patterns.
• That very rarely happens naturally.
• They are employed in the production of razor blades, dental tools, acupuncture and surgical needles, and non-stick frying pans.
• Dan Shechtman, an American-Israeli physicist, discovered quasicrystals in a lab setting in 1982.
• 2011’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Chemistry was to Dan Shechtman, who discovered quasicrystals.