Formation of quasicrystalline AlCuFe by physical deposition: Phase selection via nanocluster nucleation

被引:34
作者
Eisenhammer, T [1 ]
Trampert, A [1 ]
机构
[1] PAUL DRUDE INST FESTKORPERELEKT,D-10117 BERLIN,GERMANY
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.262
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the crystalline state of a very thin AlCuFe film, sputter deposited at the relatively low substrate temperature of 460 degrees C. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy shows that the layer consists of isolated quasicrystalline nanoparticles, although, at the given composition and deposition temperature, the quasicrystalline state is metastable. The nucleation process of the quasicrystalline phase is discussed in terms of a liquidlike to solid transition of nanoclusters.
引用
收藏
页码:262 / 265
页数:4
相关论文
共 27 条
[1]   PERFECT AND MODULATED QUASI-CRYSTALS IN THE SYSTEM AL-FE-CU [J].
AUDIER, M ;
BRECHET, Y ;
DEBOISSIEU, M ;
GUYOT, P ;
JANOT, C ;
DUBOIS, JM .
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES, 1991, 63 (06) :1375-1393
[2]   PHASON-INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS OF ICOSAHEDRAL AL-CU-FE [J].
BANCEL, PA .
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS, 1993, 67 (01) :43-49
[3]   3 STATES OF AL65CU20FE15 - AMORPHOUS, CRYSTALLINE, AND QUASI-CRYSTALLINE [J].
CHIEN, CL ;
LU, M .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 45 (22) :12793-12796
[4]   PREPARATION OF ALUMINUM BASED ICOSAHEDRAL THIN-FILMS BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE VAPOR-DEPOSITION [J].
CSANADY, A ;
BARNA, PB ;
MAYER, J ;
URBAN, K .
SCRIPTA METALLURGICA, 1987, 21 (11) :1535-1540
[5]  
Eisenhammer T, 1995, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUASICRYSTALS, P758
[6]   ICOSAHEDRAL-PHASE FORMATION BY SOLID-STATE INTERDIFFUSION [J].
FOLLSTAEDT, DM ;
KNAPP, JA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1986, 56 (17) :1827-1830
[7]   THE PHASE-DIAGRAM AND STRUCTURES OF THE TERNARY ALCUFE SYSTEM IN THE VICINITY OF THE ICOSAHEDRAL REGION [J].
GRATIAS, D ;
CALVAYRAC, Y ;
DEVAUDRZEPSKI, J ;
FAUDOT, F ;
HARMELIN, M ;
QUIVY, A ;
BANCEL, PA .
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, 1993, 153 :482-488
[8]   NUCLEATION AND GROWTH-KINETICS OF GOLD-FILMS DEPOSITED ONTO ROCK SALT SINGLE-CRYSTAL (100) SURFACES BY RF SPUTTERING WITH HELIUM [J].
HARSDORFF, M ;
JARK, W .
THIN SOLID FILMS, 1985, 128 (1-2) :79-92
[9]   STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY OF ULTRAFINE PARTICLES OF METALS [J].
IIJIMA, S ;
ICHIHASHI, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1986, 56 (06) :616-619
[10]   QUASICRYSTAL STRUCTURE IN AL-CU-FE ANNEALED ALLOY [J].
ISHIMASA, T ;
FUKANO, Y ;
TSUCHIMORI, M .
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS, 1988, 58 (03) :157-165