First nuclear detonation created ‘impossible’ quasicrystals
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Their structures were once controversial. Now researchers have discovered quasicrystals in the aftermath of a 1945 bomb test.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1476-4687', '0028-0836']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01332-0