Quasicrystal
A solid structure with long-range order but a non-periodic arrangement of atoms, whose diffraction patterns exhibit non-periodic symmetry; a typical example is the Al-Mn alloy.
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Aperiodic order studies systems that are neither fully periodic nor lacking in highly ordered structure, and is closely related to quasicrystals, symbolic dynamics, and spectral theory.
The diffraction patterns of quasicrystals (such as the Al-Mn alloy discovered by Shechtman) embody the physical manifestation of aperiodic-order structures.
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Aperiodic order studies systems that are neither fully periodic nor lacking in highly ordered structure, and is closely related to quasicrystals, symbolic dynamics, and spectral theory.
50%UnverifiedThe diffraction patterns of quasicrystals (such as the Al-Mn alloy discovered by Shechtman) embody the physical manifestation of aperiodic-order structures.
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