Schmiedeberg M, Stark H (2012)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2012
Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Book Volume: 24
Journal Issue: 28
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284101
Quasicrystals are aperiodic structures with long-range orientational order. Unlike crystals, quasicrystals can, in principle, possess any non-crystallographic rotational symmetry. However, only a few of these rotational symmetries have been observed. By using Monte Carlo simulations of colloidal particles in laser interference patterns with quasicrystalline symmetry, we compare the onset of quasicrystalline order for different rotational symmetries in two dimensions. We find that quasicrystals with 5-, 8-, 10-, and 12-fold rotational axes can be induced with lower laser intensities than quasicrystals with other non-crystallographic rotational symmetries. We relate this finding to the number of local symmetry centers in the respective interference patterns.
APA:
Schmiedeberg, M., & Stark, H. (2012). Comparing light-induced colloidal quasicrystals with different rotational symmetries. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24(28). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284101
MLA:
Schmiedeberg, Michael, and Holger Stark. "Comparing light-induced colloidal quasicrystals with different rotational symmetries." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24.28 (2012).
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