Formation of a Stable Decagonal Quasicrystalline Al-Pd-Mn Surface Layer

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2001-10-19
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Naumović, D.
Aebi, P.
Schlapbach, L.
Beeli, C.
Kunze, K.
Lograsso, Thomas
Delaney, D.
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Lograsso, Thomas
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We report the in situ formation of an ordered equilibrium decagonal Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystal overlayer on the fivefold symmetric surface of an icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn monograin. The decagonal structure of the epilayer is evidenced by x-ray photoelectron diffraction, low-energy electron diffraction, and electron backscatter diffraction. This overlayer is also characterized by a reduced density of states near the Fermi edge as expected for quasicrystals. This is the first time that a millimeter-size surface of the stable decagonal Al-Pd-Mn is obtained, studied, and compared to its icosahedral counterpart.

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This article is from Physical Review Letters 87 (2001): 195506, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.195506.

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