Who confirmed Shechtman's discovery of Quasiperiodic Crystals?
Francis Crick
James Watson
Linus Pauling
None, it was verified through subsequent studies
Answer
Quasiperiodic crystals were discovered by Shechtman in 1982, but at the time it was believed that all crystals had to have a periodic structure. It was only through subsequent studies that it was verified that Quasiperiodic crystals are a real phenomenon.
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