Janssen T., Chapuis G., Boissieu M.D. Aperiodic Crystals: From Modulated Phases to Quasicrystals

Oxford University Press, UK, 2007. – 480 p. – ISBN: 0198567774Until the 1970s all materials studied consisted of periodic arrays of unit cells, or were amorphous. In the last decades a new class of solid state matter, called aperiodic crystals, has been found. It is a long range ordered structure, but without lattice periodicity.This book deals with the characterisation of the structure, the structure determination and the study of the physical properties, especially dynamical and electronic properties of aperiodic crystals.Description and symmetry of aperiodic crystals
Mathematical models
Structure
Origin and stability
Physical properties
Other topics
Higher-dimensional space groups
Magnetic symmetry of quasiperiodic systems