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Quasicrystal Surface and Nanodomains

Caption: Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory discovered a new type of quasicrystal defect. Shown here are scanning tunneling microscopy images of transition-metal quasicrystals' surface and nanodomains.

Credit: Ames Laboratory -- USDOE

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