Real-space imaging of pentagonal symmetry elements by 2-keV electrons in the icosahedral quasicrystal
- 9 May 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (19) , 3037-3039
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.72.3037
Abstract
Pentagonal symmetry elements in an icosahedral quasicrystal are unambiguously observed for the first time in real space using the technique of secondary-electron imaging.Keywords
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