SPACE GROUP DETERMINATION OF DECAGONAL QUASI-CRYSTALS OF AN AL70NI15FE15 ALLOY USING CONVERGENT-BEAM ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION

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作者
SAITO, M
TANAKA, M
TSAI, AP
INOUE, A
MASUMOTO, T
机构
[1] TOHOKU UNIV,SCI MEASUREMENTS RES INST,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
[2] TOHOKU UNIV,INST MAT RES,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 2A期
关键词
QUASI-CRYSTAL; DECAGONAL PHASE; ALUMINUM-NICKEL-IRON; CONVERGENT-BEAM ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SPACE GROUP;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.L109
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Clear space group determination of a decagonal quasicrystal has been performed for the first time by convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) about Al70Ni15Fe15. The space group of the alloy has been revealed to be noncentrosymmetric P10m2BAR. The alloy is the first quasicrystal to belong to a noncentrosymmetric space group, and has been found to have a lattice period of 0.4 nm in the direction of the decagonal axis, and to accompany structural modulation waves.
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页码:L109 / L112
页数:4
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