Clusters, phason elasticity, and entropic stabilisation: a theory perspective
Materials Science
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Personal comments are made about the title subjects, including: the relation of Friedel oscillations to Hume-Rothery stabilisation; how calculations may resolve the random-tiling versus ideal pictures of quasicrystals; and the role of entropies apart from tile-configurational.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512224,
title = {Clusters, phason elasticity, and entropic stabilisation: a theory perspective},
author = {C. L. Henley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512224},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
IOP macros; 8pp, 1 figure. In press, Phil. Mag. A (Proc. Intl. Conf. on Quasicrystals 9, Ames Iowa, May 2005)