DODECAGONAL QUASICRYSTALS: CONSTRUCTION OF 2D LATTICES AND DEMONSTRATIONS USING LASER POINTERS

Photographic slides of an aperiodic dodecagonal tiling were used as two-dimensional diffraction gratings to describe and demonstrate the basic properties of dodecagonal quasicrystals. This paper complements our earlier publication on Penrose (decagonal) and Ammann (octagonal) quasicrystals, where we constructed and presented the corresponding diffraction gratings.

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This research utilizes photographic slides as two-dimensional diffraction gratings to study and demonstrate the fundamental properties of dodecagonal quasicrystals. It complements our previous studies on decagonal and octagonal quasicrystals by constructing and presenting corresponding diffraction gratings.