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Soft quasicrystals–Why are they stable?

R. Lifshitza Tel Aviv University, School of Physics & Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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H. Diamantb Tel Aviv University, School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Pages 3021-3030 | Received 31 Oct 2006, Accepted 24 Nov 2006, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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