Aperiodic crystal

Aperiodic crystals are crystals that lack three-dimensional translational symmetry, but still exhibit three-dimensional long-range order. In other words, they are periodic crystals in higher dimensions. They are classified into three different categories: incommensurate modulated structures, incommensurate composite structures, and quasicrystals.

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