Quasicrystal formation in binary soft matter mixtures
Alberto Scacchi, Walter R. C. Somerville, D. Martin A. Buzza, Andrew J. Archer
Abstract
This paper presents an strategy to identify regimes inn which soft matter mixtures may form quasicrystals. The method relies in tuning locations of maxima in the dispersion relation, or equivalently in the liquid state partial static structure factors.
Topics & Concepts
QuasicrystalSoft matterBinary numberStatistical physicsComponent (thermodynamics)PhysicsRange (aeronautics)Particle (ecology)Condensed matter physicsMaterials scienceDispersion (optics)ColloidMathematicsQuantum mechanicsChemistryPhysical chemistryComposite materialOceanographyArithmeticGeologyQuasicrystal Structures and PropertiesMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesMineralogy and Gemology Studies