Title: Quasicrystalline structures and uses thereof

Abstract

This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline structures. In preferred embodiments, the stopgap structure is more spherically symmetric than periodic structures facilitating the formation of stopgaps in nearly all directions because of higher rotational symmetries. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of quasicrystalline structures for optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic purposes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to manipulating, controlling, modulating and directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating in multiple directions.

Inventors:

Steinhardt, Paul Joseph; Chaikin, Paul Michael; Man, Weining

Issue Date:

2017-02-14

Research Org.:

The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1343767

Patent Number(s):

9,567,420

Application Number:

14/059,003

Assignee:

The Trustees of Princeton University

DOE Contract Number:  

FG02-91ER40671

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 21

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY