Figure 4
(a) Typical two-dimensional example of defining the ASs of a (periodic) structure with two translational orbits w1 and w2 represented in with projected lattice : the ASs are formed by the union of the two Voronoi cells and (in grey) centred on each of the translation orbits. (b) The union of the Voronoi cells (in light grey) of successive approximants of the octagonal tiling compared with the usual ASs defined by the convex envelopes (in blue) of the four-dimensional unit cell: as the order of the approximant increases the union of the Voronoi cells tends towards the canonical AS of the octagonal tiling. |