Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-11-05
Phil. Mag. 87 (2007) 3021-3030.
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1080/14786430701358673
In the last two years we have witnessed the exciting experimental discovery of soft matter with nontrivial quasiperiodic long-range order - a new form of matter termed a soft quasicrystal. Two groups have independently discovered such order in soft matter: Zeng et al. [Nature 428 (2004) 157] in a system of dendrimer liquid crystals; and Takano et al. [J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. 43 (2005) 2427] in a system of ABC star-shaped polymers. These newly discovered soft quasicrystals not only provide exciting platforms for the fundamental study of both quasicrystals and of soft matter, but also hold the promise for new applications based on self-assembled nanomaterials with unique physical properties that take advantage of the quasiperiodicity, such as complete and isotropic photonic band-gap materials. Here we provide a concise review of the emerging field of soft quasicrystals, suggesting that the existence of two natural length-scales, along with 3-body interactions, may constitute the underlying source of their stability.
Diamant Haim
Lifshitz Ron
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