2D honeycomb transformation into dodecagonal quasicrystals driven by electrostatic forces

Sebastian Schenk; Oliver Krahn; Eric Cockayne; Holger L. Meyerheim; Marc de Boissieu; Stefan Förster; Wolf Widdra

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35308-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

2D honeycomb transformation into dodecagonal quasicrystals driven by electrostatic forces

Sebastian Schenk,
Oliver Krahn,
Eric Cockayne,
Holger L. Meyerheim,
Marc de Boissieu,
Stefan Förster,
Wolf Widdra

Affiliations

Sebastian Schenk: Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Oliver Krahn: Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Eric Cockayne: Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Holger L. Meyerheim: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Marc de Boissieu: Universite Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, SIMaP
Stefan Förster: Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Wolf Widdra: Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35308-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Quasicrystals are perfectly ordered crystals lacking translational symmetry. Here the authors unravel the formation mechanism of two-dimensional dodecagonal quasicrystals that arise from systematic modifications of a hexagonal honeycomb structure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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