Nature Physics, Published online: 23 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02924-7
Quasicrystals were discovered by chance about 40 years ago, and it has largely been a matter of luck to find new ones since. Now, an approach has been found to grow colloidal quasicrystals by turning a dial while directly observing them with an optical microscope.
