A detailed evaluation of the similarities and differences in the theoretical and experimental approaches implemented in the studies of the three types of systems. The papers from the September 1989 Workshop are presented within three sections addressing structure and geometry, models for stability a
A detailed evaluation of the similarities and differences in the theoretical and experimental approaches implemented in the studies of the three types...
Distinct scientific communities are usually involved in the three fields of quasi-crystals, of liquid crystals, and of systems having modulated crystalline structures. However, in recent years, there has been a growing feeling that a number of common problems were encountered in the three fields. These comprise the need to recur to "exotic" spaces for describing the type of order of the atomic or molecular configurations of these systems (Euclidian "superspaces" of dimensions greater than 3, or 4-dimensional curved spaces); the recognition that one has to deal with geometrically frustrated...
Distinct scientific communities are usually involved in the three fields of quasi-crystals, of liquid crystals, and of systems having modulated crysta...
