NMR-STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES AND STABILITY OF QUASI-CRYSTALS

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作者
HIPPERT, F
KANDEL, L
CALVAYRAC, Y
DUBOST, B
机构
[1] CTR ETUD CHIM MET,CNRS,F-94407 VITRY,FRANCE
[2] CTR RECH VOREPPE,F-38340 VOREPPE,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2086
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have studied by NMR the electronic properties of the stable quasicrystalline phases Al57Cu10.8Li32.2 and Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5 and of two crystalline approximants, the bcc R phase Al56Cu12Li32 and the rhombohedral Al62.8Cu26Fe11.2 phase. Low values of the density of states at the Fermi level are observed in the crystalline as well as in the quasicrystalline phases. The existence of a pseudogap at the Fermi level is therefore not a consequence of the quasiperiodicity. These results renew the debate on the stability of quasicrystals.
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