Paracrystallinity

In materials science, paracrystalline materials are defined as having short- and medium-range ordering in their lattice (similar to the liquid crystal phases) but lacking crystal-like long-range ordering at least in one direction.^[1]

^ Voyles, P. M.; Zotov, N.; Nakhmanson, S. M.; Drabold, D. A.; Gibson, J. M.; Treacy, M. M. J.; Keblinski, P. (2001). "Structure and physical properties of paracrystalline atomistic models of amorphous silicon" (PDF). Journal of Applied Physics. 90 (9): 4437. Bibcode:2001JAP....90.4437V. doi:10.1063/1.1407319.

[1] Voyles, P. M.; Zotov, N.; Nakhmanson, S. M.; Drabold, D. A.; Gibson, J. M.; Treacy, M. M. J.; Keblinski, P. (2001). "Structure and physical properties of paracrystalline atomistic models of amorphous silicon" (PDF). Journal of Applied Physics. 90 (9): 4437. Bibcode:2001JAP....90.4437V. doi:10.1063/1.1407319.

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