Structures beyond crystals

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 976, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Hargittai, István ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alan Mackay; Dan Shechtman; Five fold symmetry; Generalized crystallography; J. Desmond Bernal; Quasicrystals

Indexed keywords

ALAN MACKAY; BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; DAN SHECHTMAN; GAIN RECOGNITION; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; QUASICRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 77953719969     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.02.009     Document Type: Review

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