Thick atomic layers of maximum density as bulk terminations of quasicrystals

Bulk electronic structure of quasicrystals.

We use hard x-ray photoemission to resolve a controversial issue regarding the mechanism for the formation of quasicrystalline solids, i.e., the existence of a pseudogap at the Fermi level. Our data from icosahedral fivefold Al-Pd-Mn and Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals demonstrate the presence of a pseudogap, which is not observed in surface sensitive low energy photoemission because the spectrum is aff...

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Electrical and Physical Characterization of Bulk Ceramics and Thick Layers of Barium Titanate Manufactured Using Nanopowders

Atomic Self-diffusion in Quasicrystals

A molecular dynamics study on atomic self-diffusion in Frank-Kasper type dodecagonal quasicrystals is presented. It is found that the quasicrystal-specific flip mechanism for atomic diffusion, predicted by Kalugin and Katz, indeed occurs in this system. However, in order to be effective, this mechanism needs to be catalyzed by other defects, such as half-vacancies. For this reason, flip diffusi...

Phason elasticity and atomic dynamics of quasicrystals

As the order of a quasicrystal is quasiperiodic, it can be described as an irrational cut through a periodic structure in a higher-dimensional space. This mathematical trick has important consequences for the low energy excitations that can occur. Translating the cut space to a different position is a symmetry operation, which changes the quasicrystal structure, but not its energy. A small brea...