Elucidating the relationship between the structure and magnetism of quasicrystals has long been a challenge. The discovery of an extended family of binary icosahedral quasicrystals with localized magnetic moments may be an important step in shedding light on this issue.
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de Boissieu, M. Model structures. Nature Mater 12, 692–693 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3725
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