Researchers have discovered a new type of quasicrystal, a class of materials whose existence was thought to be impossible until the 1980s. This is the first definitive observation of a quasicrystalline superlattice that self-assembles from a single type of nanoparticle building blocks.

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Researchers have discovered a new type of quasicrystal, a class of materials whose existence was thought to be impossible until the 1980s. This is the first definitive observation of a quasicrystalline superlattice that self-assembles from a single type of nanoparticle building blocks.