Structural Study of an Al 72Ni 20Co 8 Decagonal Quasicrystal Using the High-Angle Annular Dark-Field Method
- 15 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (Part 2, No) , L1400-L1402
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.36.l1400
Abstract
High-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) images of an Al72Ni20Co8 decagonal quasicrystal have been taken for the first time. It has been found that the transition metals form pentagonal and star-shaped cluster columns with radii of about 0.4 nm. The atom-cluster columns with a 2 nm diameter of the alloy, which have been considered as the basic structural unit with decagonal symmetry so far, have been revealed to have no decagonal symmetry. These atom-cluster columns have been found to be decomposed into the pentagonal and star-shaped cluster columns, corresponding clusters existing in the Al13Fe4 monoclinic approximant. The tiling of the pentagonal and star-shaped clusters has been found to agree with the rhombic Penrose lattice for an area with a diameter greater than 50 nm.Keywords
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