Comparison of the vibrations of a quasicrystal with those of a conventional crystal opens the way to a better understanding of the consequences of aperiodicity on the properties of quasicrystals.
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Janssen, T. Comparative dynamics. Nature Mater 6, 925–926 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2073
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