TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanotechnology and Quasicrystals
T2 - From self-assembly to photonic applications
AU - Lifshitz, R.
N1 - Book title: Silicon Versus Carbon: Fundamental Nanoprocesses, Nanobiotechnology and Risks Assessment.
ISBN: 978-90-481-2521-0, 978-90-481-2522-7, eBook 978-90-481-2523-4
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - After providing a concise overview on quasicrystals and their discovery more than a quarter of a century ago, I consider the unexpected interplay between nano-technology and quasiperiodic crystals. Of particular relevance are efforts to fabricate artificial functional micro- or nanostructures, as well as efforts to control the self-assembly of nanostructures, where current knowledge about the possibility of having long-range order without periodicity can provide significant advantages. I discuss examples of systems ranging from artificial metamaterials for photonic applications, through self-assembled soft matter, to surface waves and optically-induced nonlinear photonic quasicrystals.
AB - After providing a concise overview on quasicrystals and their discovery more than a quarter of a century ago, I consider the unexpected interplay between nano-technology and quasiperiodic crystals. Of particular relevance are efforts to fabricate artificial functional micro- or nanostructures, as well as efforts to control the self-assembly of nanostructures, where current knowledge about the possibility of having long-range order without periodicity can provide significant advantages. I discuss examples of systems ranging from artificial metamaterials for photonic applications, through self-assembled soft matter, to surface waves and optically-induced nonlinear photonic quasicrystals.
KW - Faraday waves
KW - Meta-materials
KW - Nanostructures
KW - Nonlinear photonic crystals
KW - Quasicrystals
KW - Quasiperiodic crystals
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Soft matter
KW - Surface waves
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949501246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-2523-4_10
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-2523-4_10
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AN - SCOPUS:77949501246
SN - 1874-6500
SP - 119
EP - 136
JO - NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
JF - NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
ER -