New type of animated crystal structure discovered

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 09:46 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers has discovered what they are calling a new type of crystal, one that is always moving. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Latham Boyle, Jun Yong Khoo, and Kendrick Smith describe how the idea for the crystal came about, how it was defined mathematically and whether they believe it could ever possibly exist in the real world.

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