DISORDER AND COMPLEXITY IN THE ATOMIC-STRUCTURE OF THE PERFECT ICOSAHEDRAL ALLOY AL-PD-MN

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作者
DEBOISSIEU, M
STEPHENS, P
BOUDARD, M
JANOT, C
CHAPMAN, DL
AUDIER, M
机构
[1] SUNY STONY BROOK,DEPT PHYS,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[2] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[3] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,NATL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE,UPTON,NY 11973
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3538
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The atomic structure of the perfect Al-Pd-Mn icosahedral phase has been studied on single grain samples. Using anomalous x-ray diffraction close to the Pd edge, the partial structure factor F(Pd) has been extracted. In the six-dimensional description of its structure, we find that the atomic surface cannot be described by an object with a sharp boundary. A phason Debye-Waller term has been introduced to fully account for the data. It is interpreted as resulting from random phason disorder and nonsphericity of the atomic surfaces.
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页码:3538 / 3541
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