Meteoritic minerals and their origins
About 435 mineral species have been identified in meteorites including native elements,
metals and metallic alloys, carbides, nitrides and oxynitrides, phosphides, silicides, sulfides …
metals and metallic alloys, carbides, nitrides and oxynitrides, phosphides, silicides, sulfides …
Natural and experimental high-pressure, shock-produced terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials
Hypervelocity impacts are among the fundamental phenomena occurring during the
evolution of the solar system and are characterized by instantaneous ultrahigh pressure and …
evolution of the solar system and are characterized by instantaneous ultrahigh pressure and …
Quasicrystals predicted and discovered by machine learning
C Liu, K Kitahara, A Ishikawa, T Hiroto, A Singh… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Quasicrystals represent a class of ordered materials that have diffraction symmetry forbidden
in periodic crystals. Since the first discovery of quasicrystals in 1984, approximately 100 …
in periodic crystals. Since the first discovery of quasicrystals in 1984, approximately 100 …
Accidental synthesis of a previously unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test
The first test explosion of a nuclear bomb, the Trinity test of 16 July 1945, resulted in the
fusion of surrounding sand, the test tower, and copper transmission lines into a glassy …
fusion of surrounding sand, the test tower, and copper transmission lines into a glassy …
[BOOK][B] Quasicrystals: fundamentals and applications
E Maciá-Barber - 2020 - books.google.com
This book provides an interdisciplinary guide to quasicrystals, the 2011 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry winning topic, by presenting an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the many …
Chemistry winning topic, by presenting an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the many …
Quasicrystal synthesis by shock compression
Quasicrystals are of interest because of their unique nonperiodic structures and physical
properties. Motivated by naturally occurring icosahedral AlCuFe-and decagonal AlNiFe …
properties. Motivated by naturally occurring icosahedral AlCuFe-and decagonal AlNiFe …
Shock synthesis of quasicrystals with implications for their origin in asteroid collisions
We designed a plate impact shock recovery experiment to simulate the starting materials
and shock conditions associated with the only known natural quasicrystals, in the Khatyrka …
and shock conditions associated with the only known natural quasicrystals, in the Khatyrka …
CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes
New guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes have been approved by
the the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International …
the the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International …
Collisions in outer space produced an icosahedral phase in the Khatyrka meteorite never observed previously in the laboratory
We report the first occurrence of an icosahedral quasicrystal with composition Al62. 0 (8)
Cu31. 2 (8) Fe6. 8 (4), outside the measured equilibrium stability field at standard pressure …
Cu31. 2 (8) Fe6. 8 (4), outside the measured equilibrium stability field at standard pressure …
Alloy quasicrystals: Perspectives and some open questions at forty years
E Maciá - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Four decades have elapsed since the first quasiperiodic crystal was discovered in the Al–Mn
alloy system, and much progress has been made during this time on the science of …
alloy system, and much progress has been made during this time on the science of …