Multiple-scale structures: from Faraday waves to soft-matter quasicrystals
Multiple-scale structures: from Faraday waves to soft-matter quasicrystals
For many years, quasicrystals were observed only as solid-state metallic alloys, yet current research is now actively exploring their formation in a variety of soft materials, including systems of macromolecules, nanoparticles and colloids. Much effort is being invested in understanding the thermodynamic properties of these soft-matter quasicrystals in order to …