title: Non-close-packed three-dimensional quasicrystals.
abstract: Quasicrystals are frequently encountered in condensed matter. They are important candidates for equilibrium phases from the atomic scale to the nanoscale. Here, we investigate the computational self-assembly of four quasicrystals in a single model system of identical particles interacting with a tunable isotropic pair potential. We reproduce a known icosahedral quasicrystal and report a decagonal quasicrystal, a dodecagonal quasicrystal, and an octagonal quasicrystal. The quasicrystals have low coordination number or occur in systems with mesoscale density variations. We also report a network gel phase.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America. Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States of America.
authors.forename: Pablo F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Sharon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Glotzer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engel