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Materials science: Nanostructures in a new league

John J. Rehr1

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Aperiodic materials do not surrender details of their structure as readily as do their crystalline counterparts. The latest computational solution to this problem brings aspects of 'the beautiful game' into play.

Investigations of crystalline materials through X-ray and neutron diffraction have been a triumph of experimental science, allowing structures ranging from complex minerals to proteins and DNA to be unravelled1. But how can the structure of a material that is aperiodic — one that is non-crystalline, or cannot be crystallized — be determined?

  1. John J. Rehr is in the Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA.
    Email: jjr@phys.washington.edu

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