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High-resolution electron microscopy of Al–Ni–Fe decagonal quasicrystal

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The structure of a stable decagonal quasicrystal with 0.4 nm periodicity, formed in a conventionally solidified alloy with composition Al71.6Ni23.7Fe4.7, was investigated by high-resolution electron microscopy. It was found that this decagonal phase is one of the best-ordered quasicrystals, without any detectable linear phason strain and with only weak random phason strain. The structure is interpreted as an aperiodic tiling of decagonal atom columns with a diameter of about 1.2 nm. The atomic arrangements in special local regions are discussed on the basis of computer simulations.

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  1. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Japan

    Kenji Hiraga, Kunio Yubuta & Ki-Tae Park

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Hiraga, K., Yubuta, K. & Park, KT. High-resolution electron microscopy of Al–Ni–Fe decagonal quasicrystal. Journal of Materials Research 11, 1702–1705 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1996.0213

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