A coincidence of reciprocal lattice planes model was developed to calculate the interfacial energy in quasicrystal-crystal epitaxy. This model allows a quantitative description of the interface as opposed to previously employed qualitative models that consider symmetry relations and alignment of rotation axes. Computations were carried out on several types of quasicrystal-crystal systems, namel...

In this paper the problem of the theory of a quasicrystal structures-the determination of coordinates of each atom of quasicrystal in analytical form-is solved. Within the framework of the proposed model a periodic crystal can be presented as a particular case of a quasicrystal. The simple and explicit analytical formulas which describe the location of each atom in a quasicrystal are given. The...

In this paper the problem of the theory of a quasicrystal structures-the determination of coordinates of each atom of quasicrystal in analytical form-is solved. Within the framework of the proposed model a periodic crystal can be presented as a particular case of a quasicrystal. The simple and explicit analytical formulas which describe the location of each atom in a quasicrystal are given. The...

We study the dynamics of phasons in a nonlinear photonic quasicrystal. The photonic quasicrystal is formed by optical induction, and its dynamics is initiated by allowing the light waves inducing the quasicrystal to nonlinearly interact with one another. We show quantitatively that, when phason strain is introduced in a controlled manner, it relaxes through the nonlinear interactions within the...

Using molecular simulations, we show that the aperiodic growth of quasicrystals is controlled by the ability of the growing quasicrystal nucleus to incorporate kinetically trapped atoms into the solid phase with minimal rearrangement. In the system under investigation, which forms a dodecagonal quasicrystal, we show that this process occurs through the assimilation of stable icosahedral cluster...

We report the first occurrence of a natural quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry. The quasicrystal, with composition Al71Ni24Fe5, was discovered in the Khatyrka meteorite, a recently described CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. Icosahedrite, Al63Cu24Fe13, the first natural quasicrystal to be identified, was found in the same meteorite. The new quasicrystal was found associated with steinhardtite (Al38...

More than 35 years and 11 000 publications after the discovery of quasicrystals by Dan Shechtman, quite a bit is known about their occurrence, formation, stability, structures and physical properties. It has also been discovered that quasiperiodic self-assembly is not restricted to intermetallics, but can take place in systems on the meso- and macroscales. However, there are some blank areas, e...

Studies of Mg2Cu6Ga5 reveal that this compound contains incomplete Bergman clusters in its structure and shows a pseudogap and empty bonding states just above the Fermi energy according to band calculations. Under a rigid band assumption, such a compound may be tuned to approximant and quasicrystal phases in which the required number of electrons are attained. Here, we replace part of Mg in the...

We report on the optical conductivity of the structurally ordered icosahedral quasicrystal A17QPd2QRe IQ and the crystal A12Ru obtained from the reflectance measured over a wide frequency range. Our results show that both the crystal and the quasicrystal are semiconductors and have quite similar band structure. The major difference between the two materials arises from the localization of the e...

We investigate the formation of a two-dimensional quasicrystal in a monodisperse system, using molecular dynamics simulations of hard-sphere particles interacting via a two-dimensional square-well potential. We find that more than one stable crystalline phase can form for certain values of the square-well parameters. Quenching the liquid phase at a very low temperature, we obtain an amorphous p...