Abstract
Quasicrystals have unusual thermal and electronic properties, such as low thermal conductivity, electronic conductivity increasing with temperature and defects and a thermoelectric power which can be large and positive in some cases. All these properties can be understood in a scheme where their peculiar atomic structure induces a complex Fermi surface. Applications of quasicrystals as new thermoelectric materials are discussed in terms of their figure of merit.
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