Abstract
What is a crystal? The Commission on Aperiodic Crystals, in a recent report, listed three statements “that each by itself might characterize the crystalline state”:(1) a solid with an essentially discrete diffraction diagram;(2) a solid with an atomic structure with long range order;(3) a solid with an atomic structure that can be obtained as a section of an n-dimensional periodic structure (n = 3, 4, …). The report noted that “advantages of and problems with each of these definitions were discussed.”…
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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