An algebraic integer q is a PV number (for Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number), if all its algebraic conjugates (except its complex conjugate, if $q$ is complex) are less than one in modulus. A profound theorem by Meyer states essentially, that a substitution tiling can only be a model set, if the inflation factor is a PV number [Mey95]
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[Mey95]
Meyer, Y
Quasicrystals, Diophantine approximation and algebraic numbers
Beyond quasicrystals (Les Houches, 1994), Springer, Berlin
1995,
MR1420415