Chemical Bonding and Physical Properties in Quasicrystals and Their Related Approximant Phases: Known Facts and Current Perspectives
Quasicrystals are a class of ordered solids made of typical metallic atoms but they do not exhibit the physical properties that usually signal the presence of metallic bonding, and their electrical and thermal transport properties resemble a more semiconductor-like than metallic character. In this p...
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MDPI AG
2019-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/10/2132 |