Field-ion-microscopy contradiction of the quasicrystal model based on twinning of a cubic crystal
- 15 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 37 (8) , 4261-4264
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.37.4261
Abstract
Comparison of computer simulations of field-ion images with experiments clearly shows that twinning of a cubic crystal is not compatible with experimental field-ion microscopic observations of quasicrystals.Keywords
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