Paul Steinhardt

Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, USA

Paul Steinhardt (left) with Christof Aegerter
Paul Steinhardt (left) with Christof Aegerter

Date

06 May 2015

Host

Christof Aegerter

Title

Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals

Abstract

Quasicrystals are exotic materials that have symmetries once thought to be impossible for matter. The first known examples were synthesized in the laboratory 30 years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the search to answer this question, resulting in one of the strangest scientific stories you are ever likely to hear.

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