Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-20-1997
Journal or Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
78
Issue
3
First Page
467
Last Page
470
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.467
Abstract
The atomic structure of the fivefold symmetric quasicrystal surface of Al70Pd21Mn9 was investigated by means of a dynamical low energy electron-diffraction analysis. Approximations are developed to address the high structural complexity of quasicrystals, yielding average layer-by-layer structural and compositional information. A mix of several relaxed bulklike terminations is found, consistently favoring dense Al-rich outermost atomic layers. These results can be understood in terms of principles known to govern surface structures of simpler, crystalline metals.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
1997
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gierer, M.; Van Hove, M. A.; Goldman, A. I.; Shen, Z.; Chang, S.-L.; Jenks, Cynthia J.; Zhang, C.-M.; and Thiel, Patricia A., "Structural Analysis of the Fivefold Symmetric Surface of the Al70Pd21Mn9 Quasicrystal by Low Energy Electron Diffraction" (1997). Chemistry Publications. 82.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/82
Comments
This article is from Physical Review Letters 78, no. 3 (1997): 467–470, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.467.