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Quasicrystalline structures and uses thereof

US10246539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Paul J. Steinhardt · Princeton, US
Paul Michael Chaikin · New York, US
Weining Man · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2017
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y80/00
WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline structures. In preferred embodiments, the stopgap structure is more spherically symmetric than periodic structures facilitating the formation of stopgaps in nearly all directions because of higher rotational symmetries. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of quasicrystalline structures for optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic purposes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to manipulating, controlling, modulating and directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating in multiple directions.

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