Atomically precise inorganic helices with a programmable irrational twist

Nature Materials, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01963-4

Helical motifs in dense inorganic solids have remained exceedingly scarce. Now a type of 1D van der Waals helical crystal, GaSeI, is presented that manifests the rare quasi-periodic Boerdijk–Coxeter helix motif.Nature Materials, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01963-4Helical motifs in dense inorganic solids have remained exceedingly scarce. Now a type of 1D van der Waals helical crystal, GaSeI, is presented that manifests the rare quasi-periodic Boerdijk–Coxeter helix motif. Read More