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Luca Bindi

joined in Sep 6, 2023

Full Professor at University of Florence.

Bindi has 1 break published.

Thunderstruck! A quasicrystal made by lightning

Quasicrystals are materials with a quasiperiodic atomic arrangement, meaning that their atoms are in an ordered structure, like normal crystals, but this structure does not repeat itself at regular intervals. Such atomic configuration has strong impacts on the physical properties of these materials. Quasicrystals are... click to read more

Luca Bindi | Full Professor at University of Florence

meteorites

Quasicrystals

electrical discharge

lightning strike

minerals

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Sep 11, 2023

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