Journal article
Quasiperiodicity in decagonal phases forced by inclined net planes?
- Steurer W Laboratory of Crystallography, ETHZ, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland. steurer@kristall.erdw.ethz.ch
- Cervellino A
- 2001-04-28
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- Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of crystallography. - 2001
English
It is generally assumed that decagonal quasicrystals show periodically arranged atomic layers only on net planes perpendicular to the tenfold axis and quasiperiodically arranged ones parallel to it. However, there also do exist only slightly puckered atomic layers that are periodically arranged and inclined to the tenfold axis. They coincide with the net planes of the periodic average structures of the decagonal phase and are related to the strongest Bragg reflections. Since they link quasiperiodic and periodic directions, inclined net planes may play a crucial role for growth and stabilization of decagonal quasicrystals. In fact, it is shown how ideal quasiperiodic long-range order and inflation symmetry allow for the existence of inclined net planes with small corrugation and reinforce the relation with the periodic average structures.
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- DOI 10.1107/s0108767300019917
- PMID 11326118
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