Temperature-induced phase transition observed at a fivefold icosahedral quasicrystalline AlPdMn surface
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A switch in symmetry from fivefold to tenfold has been observed at the surface of a monograin icosahedral AlPdMn quasicrystal cut perpendicularly to a fivefold axis as a function of annealing temperature and/or annealing time at a constant temperature. A continuous change in stoichiometry was simultaneously monitored by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The surface structure study was performed using full-hemispherical X-ray photoelectron diffraction and low-energy electron diffraction.
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