Forming quasicrystals by monodisperse soft core particles
Quasicrystals with structural symmetries forbidden in crystals have been found in alloys or mono-component systems composed of anisotropic units. Zu et al. show a formation of two-dimensional quasicrystals in an isotropic soft solid with a spring-like potential, which challenges the existing theory.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02316-3 |