Well, this is interesting... http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112700495/perpetual-clock-uses-4-dimensional-crystals-092512/
That is awesome. Or at least, it sounds as though I would think it was awesome if I understood a word of it. I can't honestly say that I understood much of it though. Here was an eye-catching passage from the article: Later in the article it clarifies that the end of the universe to which it refers is the postulated heat death.
Another crystal https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20130917-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/
Speaking of crystals http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/large-graphene-crystals-grown-for-super.html “In the long run it might be possible to achieve meter-length single crystals,”