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Symmetry groups, physical property tensors, elasticity and dislocations in quasicrystals

Reports on Progress in Physics Volume 63 Number 1
Chengzheng Hu et al 2000 Rep. Prog. Phys. 63 1 doi:10.1088/0034-4885/63/1/201

Symmetry groups, physical property tensors, elasticity and dislocations in quasicrystals

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Chengzheng Hu, Renhui Wang and Di-Hua Ding
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The first quasicrystal (QC) structure was observed in 1984. QCs possess long-range orientational and translational order while lacking the periodicity of crystals. An overview is given on some physical properties of QCs. It begins with group theory and symmetry. Then the thermodynamics of equilibrium properties and physical property tensors are discussed. Finally, the generalized elasticity theory of QCs and the elasticity theory of dislocations in QCs are presented.

PACS
02.10.Ud Linear algebra
65.40.G- Other thermodynamical quantities
61.72.Hh Indirect evidence of dislocations and other defects (resistivity, slip, creep, strains, internal friction, EPR, NMR, etc.)
02.20.-a Group theory
61.44.Br Quasicrystals
MSC
15A72 Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (See also 13A50, 14L24)
52C23 Quasicrystals, aperiodic tilings
Subjects
Mathematical physics
Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal
Dates
Issue 1 (January 2000)
Received 19 January 1999, in final form 29 June 1999
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