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We usually consider two extremes when thinking about condensed states of matter. One extreme is the perfect crystalline solid, in which atoms form a perfectly periodic array that extends to infinity in all three directions. The other extreme is a fluid, in which the atoms or molecules are completely disordered and the material is both orientationally and positionally isotropic that is, it looks the same when viewed from any direction.
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Litster, J.D. (1990). Structure and Growth of Two- and Three-Dimensional Hexatic Liquid Crystals. In: Tolédano, JC. (eds) Geometry and Thermodynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 229. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3816-5_16
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