Structural insights into a rhombic Penrose tiling variant abundant in five-petaled flower motifs
We present a novel variant of a planar quasiperiodic tiling with ten-fold symmetry, utilising thick and thin rhombuses akin to the well-known rhombic Penrose tiling. It is shown that this new tiling shares several key characteristics with its predecessor, including similar vertex environments, polygonal acceptance domains exhibiting five-fold symmetry and a self-similarity tied to the golden mean, which serves as the fundamental scaling ratio. Nonetheless, it presents a fundamentally distinct structure. The new tiling introduces additional complexity through an increased number of prototiles and a dual grid pattern that incorporates both folded and straight lines. Most notably, it is characterized by a high density of two-tiered, five-petaled flower motifs, which occupy a significant portion of the tiling. Based on this prominent characteristic, we refer to the new tiling as the "Pentas tiling". We also observe a slightly enhanced degree of hyperuniform order compared to the standard rhombic Penrose tiling.
Authors
- K Niizeki
- Nobuhisa Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-1675)
Institutions
- Tohoku University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25284-x
- Primary Topic
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology