The Icosahedral Quasiperiodic Phase
Abstract
The discovery of the icosahedral phase, which marked the start of the new science of quasicrystals, has posed several intriguing questions for the scientific community. Verification of the unique quasiperiodic character of quasicrystals has been obtained through a series of experiments, and the nature of its structure has been studied with a variety of experimental tools. This article briefly introduces quasiperiodicity and outlines some of the crystallographic properties of the icosahedral phase.
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta Volume T
- Pub Date:
- January 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-8949/1988/T23/008
- Bibcode:
- 1988PhST...23...49S
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Structure;
- Crystallography;
- Icosahedrons;
- Periodic Variations;
- Crystal Lattices;
- Diffraction Patterns;
- Electron Diffraction;
- Fibonacci Numbers;
- Symmetry;
- X Ray Diffraction;
- Solid-State Physics