Event Detail (Archived)
Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals
- This event already took place in October 2012
- Caspary Auditorium
Event Details
- Type
- Friday Lecture Series
- Speaker(s)
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Paul Steinhardt, Ph.D., Albert Einstein Professor in Science and director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
- Speaker bio(s)
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A quasicrystal is an exotic state of matter with symmetries once thought to be impossible for matter. The concept was first introduced and the first examples were synthesized in the laboratory 30 years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the search for the first natural quasicrystal, an adventure that has taken Dr. Steinhardt and his colleagues to the ends of the Earth and beyond.
- Open to
- Public
- Host
- Stan Leibler
- Reception
- Refreshments, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Abby Lounge
- Contact
- Gloria Phipps
- Phone
- (212) 327-8967
- Sponsor
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Gloria Phipps
(212) 327-8967
phippsg@rockefeller.edu