Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry in Physical Review Letters, Vol. 53, No. 20, 12 November 1984, pp. 1951-1954
Lancaster: American Physical Society, 1984. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF SHECHTMAN’S DISCOVERY OF QUASICRYSTALS. Once considered impossible, quasicrystals are a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves. While on a sabbatical leave..... More