PIRSA:13030076

ONCE UPON A TIME IN KAMCHATKA: THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR NATURAL QUASICRYSTALS

(2013). ONCE UPON A TIME IN KAMCHATKA: THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR NATURAL QUASICRYSTALS . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13030076

ONCE UPON A TIME IN KAMCHATKA: THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR NATURAL QUASICRYSTALS . Perimeter Institute, Mar. 07, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13030076 

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            url = {https://pirsa.org/13030076},
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            language = {en},
            title = {ONCE UPON A TIME IN KAMCHATKA: THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR NATURAL QUASICRYSTALS },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:13030076 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
Collection
Talk Type Public Lectures

Abstract

A quasicrystal is an exotic state of matter with symmetries once thought to be impossible for matter. The concept was first introduced and the first examples were synthesized in the laboratory thirty years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the search for the first natural quasicrystal, An adventure to the ends of the Earth and beyond and one of the wildest scientific stories you are ever likely to hear.