Oct
05

Theoretical dodechehedron nanoscale quasi-crystals. Source. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan ShechtmanTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “for the discovery of quasicrystals” From the Press Release: In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns that never repeat themselves. However, the configuration found in quasicrystals was considered impossible, and Dan Shechtman had to fight a fierce battle against established science. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 has fundamentally altered how chemists conceive of solid matter. More Info: At Nobelprize.org page Advanced Information at nobelprize.org (pdf) Wikipedia entry: Quasicrystal Entry at Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Research: Quasicrystals at Stanford University Introduction to Quasicrystals from  jcrystal.com

Theoretical dodechehedron nanoscale quasi-crystals. Source.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to

Dan Shechtman
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

“for the discovery of quasicrystals”

From the Press Release:

In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns that never repeat themselves. However, the configuration found in quasicrystals was considered impossible, and Dan Shechtman had to fight a fierce battle against established science. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 has fundamentally altered how chemists conceive of solid matter.

More Info:

At Nobelprize.org page

Advanced Information at nobelprize.org (pdf)

Wikipedia entry: Quasicrystal

Entry at Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics

Research: Quasicrystals at Stanford University

Introduction to Quasicrystals from  jcrystal.com

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