Natural Quasicrystals

07 July 2023, Auditorium G. Martinotti, U12 Building Via Vizzola 5, Milano

The Doctoral School, in collaboration with the PhD Course in Chemical, Geological and Environmental Sciences, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Milano-Bicocca University will host the Colloquium of prof. Luca Bindi entitled “Natural Quasicrystals”. The event will be held in English. 

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"The world of crystallography was forced to reevaluate its rules about forty years ago with the introduction of the concept of quasicrystals, solids with rotational symmetries forbidden to crystals, and the discovery of the first specimens in the laboratory. Since then, more than a hundred different types of quasicrystals have been synthesized in the laboratory under carefully controlled conditions. The original theory suggested that quasicrystals could be as robust and stable as ordinary crystals, perhaps even formed under natural conditions. This idea motivated a more than ten-year search for a natural quasicrystal, culminating in the discovery of an icosahedral quasicrystal in a sample preserved in the Museum of Mineralogy of the University of Florence. The Colloquium will retrace the intricate and fascinating path that led the author and his team to seek that experimental proof of the existence of quasicrystals that seemed impossible to find in nature. Spectators will be taken by the hand on a daring journey to the edge of the world to delve into the secrets of the first atomic experiment. So we are ready: let the adventure begin!"

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