Direct tests of the entropic model of quasicrystals

Hatwalne, Yashodhan ; Ramaswamy, Sriram (1990) Direct tests of the entropic model of quasicrystals Physical Review Letters, 65 (1). pp. 68-71. ISSN 0031-9007

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Official URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.68

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.68

Abstract

Assuming an entropic origin for phason elasticity in quasicrystals, we derive predictions for the temperature dependence of grain-boundary structure and free energy, the nature of the elastic instability in these systems, and the behavior of sound damping near the instability. We believe that these will provide decisive tests of the entropic model for quasicrystals.

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