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Quasicrystalline structures and uses thereof

US8508838B2 · 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	Jul 19, 2012
Grant date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

This invention relates generally to devices constructed from quasicrystalline heterostructures. In preferred embodiments, two or more dielectric materials are arranged in a two- or three-dimensional space in a lattice pattern having at least a five-fold symmetry axis and not a six-fold symmetry axis, such that the quasicrystalline heterostructure exhibits an energy band structure in the space, the band structure having corresponding symmetry, which symmetry is forbidden in crystals, and which band structure comprises a complete band gap. The constructed devices are adapted for manipulating, controlling, modulating, trapping, reflecting and otherwise directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for a pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating within or through the heterostructure in multiple directions.

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