Aperiodic crystals: A contradictio in terminis?

Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry

D. Shechtman, I. A. Blech, D. Gratias et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 7K citations · Full text

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Energy levels and wave functions of Bloch electrons in rational and irrational magnetic fields

Douglas R. Hofstadter · Physical review. B, Solid state · 1976 · 3.5K citations

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Quasicrystals: A New Class of Ordered Structures

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Tilings and Patterns.

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Complex alloy structures regarded as sphere packings. I. Definitions and basic principles

F. C. Frank, J. S. Kasper · Acta Crystallographica · 1958 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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