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Non-close-packed three-dimensional quasicrystals

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Quasicrystals are frequently encountered in condensed matter. They are important candidates for equilibrium phases from the atomic scale to the nanoscale. Here, we investigate the computational self-assembly of four quasicrystals in a single model system of identical particles interacting with a tunable isotropic pair potential. We reproduce a known icosahedral quasicrystal and report a decagonal quasicrystal, a dodecagonal quasicrystal, and an octagonal quasicrystal. The quasicrystals have low coordination number or occur in systems with mesoscale density variations. We also report a network gel phase.

Source: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa6cc1

Authors: Pablo F Damasceno, Sharon C Glotzer, Michael Engel

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, University of Michigan, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Language: English

Topic: Quasicrystal Structures and Properties

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green