Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Journal or Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
72
Issue
22
First Page
220201
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.220201
Abstract
Decagonal quasicrystals are made of pairs of atomic planes with pentagonal symmetry periodically stacked along a 10-fold axis. We have investigated the atomic structure of the 2-fold surface of a decagonal Al-Ni-Co quasicrystal using scanning tunneling microscopy. The surface consists of terraces separated by steps of heights 1.9, 4.7, 7.8, and 12.6 Å containing rows of atoms parallel to the 10-fold direction with an internal periodicity of 4 Å. The rows are arranged aperiodically, with separations that follow a Fibonacci sequence and inflation symmetry. The results indicate that the surfaces are preferentially Al-terminated and in general agreement with bulk models.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2005
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Park, Jeong Young; Ogletree, D. F.; Salmeron, M.; Ribeiro, R. A.; Canfield, Paul C.; Jenks, Cynthia J.; and Thiel, Patricia A., "Atomic scale coexistence of periodic and quasiperiodic order in a 2-fold Al-Ni-Co decagonal quasicrystal surface" (2005). Chemistry Publications. 49.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/49
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Comments
This article is from Physical Review B 72, no. 22 (2005): 220201, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.220201.