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Bizarre Organic Quasicrystal Accidentally Created in Lab

5-3-2014 < Red Ice Creations 173 67 words
 

Quasicrystals have teased and intrigued scientists for three decades. Now, this already strange group of materials has a bizarre new member: a two-dimensional quasicrystal made from self-assembling organic molecules. This odd quasicrystal is flat, made from a single layer of molecules with five-sided rings. The molecules form groups within the layer as weak hydrogen bonds link them together. These molecular groups ...
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