論文

査読有り 筆頭著者
2015年10月

Local cluster symmetry of a highly ordered quasicrystalline Al58Cu26Ir16 extracted through multivariate analysis of STEM images

MICROSCOPY
  • Takehito Seki
  • ,
  • Eiji Abe

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開始ページ
341
終了ページ
349
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1093/jmicro/dfv035
出版者・発行元
OXFORD UNIV PRESS

The structure of a highly ordered Al58Cu26Ir16 decagonal quasicrystal (d-QC), which is constructed by a periodic stack of quasiperiodic atomic planes, was investigated using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The entire quasiperiodic structure can be well described based on the pentagonal Penrose lattice decorated with a decagonal columnar cluster 2 nm across, and the individual clusters apparently showed up with localized atomic disorder to various degree that blurs the underlying cluster symmetry. Multivariate analysis of the cluster images with principal component analysis has successfully extracted two fundamental clusters, which are with definite mirror and 10-fold-rotation symmetries; this is the first solid example of the d-QC composed of multiple fundamental clusters with different symmetry. Consequently, it is found that all the observed variations can be reasonably interpreted by a linear combination between these two fundamental clusters of mirror and 10-fold symmetries, indicating that the possible atomic disorder is strongly restricted by these particular symmetries. Characteristic distributions of the mirror/10-fold clusters on the pentagonal Penrose lattice are also described.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmicro/dfv035
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000362831900007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1093/jmicro/dfv035
  • ISSN : 2050-5698
  • eISSN : 2050-5701
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000362831900007

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