Interface of quasicrystal and crystal

A model on the coexisting phase of quasicrystal-crystal is proposed, with which we concretely investigate the interface effects for coexisting phases of one-dimensional orthorhombic quasicrystal-isotropic crystal and three-dimensional icosahedral quasicrystal-cubic crystal. The phason strain fields which play an important role in some processes are determined. Some factors affecting the strain fields, e.g., the material constants of phonon, phason, phonon-phason coupling of the quasicrystal and the elastic modulus and the size of the crystal are also explored. (condensed matter: structural, mechanical, and thermal properties)