Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work .
Their paper was submitted in 1983 and published in 1984 , the same year that Dan Shechtman and his co-workers announced the experimental discovery of an alloy with icosahedral quasi-crystalline structure .
Dan Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work .
Their paper was submitted in 1983 and published in 1984 , the same year that Dan Shechtman and his co-workers announced the experimental discovery of an alloy with icosahedral quasi-crystalline structure .