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Tang S, Wang Z, Wang J, Jiang K, Liang C, Ma Y, Liu W, Du Y. An atomic scale study of two-dimensional quasicrystal nucleation controlled by multiple length scale interactions. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:5718-5726. [PMID: 32525172 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02243k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Formation of quasicrystal structures has always been mysterious since the discovery of these magic structures. In this work, the nucleation of decagonal, dodecagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal quasicrystal structures controlled by the coupling among multiple length scales is investigated using a dynamic phase-field crystal model. We observe that the nucleation of quasicrystals proceeds through local rearrangement of length scales, i.e., the generation, merging and stacking of 3-atom building blocks constructed by the length scales, and accordingly, propose a geometric model to describe the cooperation of length scales during structural transformation in quasicrystal nucleation. Essentially, such cooperation is crucial to quasicrystal formation, and controlled by the match and balance between length scales. These findings clarify the scenario and microscopic mechanism of the structural evolution during quasicrystal nucleation, and help us to understand the common rule for the formation of periodic crystal and quasicrystal structures with various symmetries.
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- Sai Tang
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on High-Strength Materials, Central South University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Youyi Western Road 127, 710072, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Youyi Western Road 127, 710072, Xi'an, China
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- School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on High-Strength Materials, Central South University, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on High-Strength Materials, Central South University, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on High-Strength Materials, Central South University, China.
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- State Key Lab for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China
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Buganski I, Wolny J, Takakura H. The atomic structure of the Bergman-type icosahedral quasicrystal based on the Ammann-Kramer-Neri tiling. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2020; 76:180-196. [PMID: 32124856 PMCID: PMC7053224 DOI: 10.1107/s2053273319017339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this study, the atomic structure of the ternary icosahedral ZnMgTm quasicrystal (QC) is investigated by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure is found to be a member of the Bergman QC family, frequently found in Zn-Mg-rare-earth systems. The ab initio structure solution was obtained by the use of the Superflip software. The infinite structure model was founded on the atomic decoration of two golden rhombohedra, with an edge length of 21.7 Å, constituting the Ammann-Kramer-Neri tiling. The refined structure converged well with the experimental diffraction diagram, with the crystallographic R factor equal to 9.8%. The Bergman clusters were found to be bonded by four possible linkages. Only two linkages, b and c, are detected in approximant crystals and are employed to model the icosahedral QCs in the cluster approach known for the CdYb Tsai-type QC. Additional short b and a linkages are found in this study. Short interatomic distances are not generated by those linkages due to the systematic absence of atoms and the formation of split atomic positions. The presence of four linkages allows the structure to be pictured as a complete covering by rhombic triacontahedral clusters and consequently there is no need to define the interstitial part of the structure (i.e. that outside the cluster). The 6D embedding of the solved structure is discussed for the final verification of the model.
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- Ireneusz Buganski
- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, 30-059, Poland
- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, 30-059, Poland
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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A surface-stacking structural model for icosahedral quasicrystals. Struct Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-019-01413-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Madison AE, Madison PA. Looking for alternatives to the superspace description of icosahedral quasicrystals. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2019; 475:20180667. [PMID: 30760966 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A multiple-cell approach is discussed as a possible alternative to the higher dimensional crystallography of icosahedral quasicrystals. It is based on the Socolar-Steinhardt tiling combined with the quasi-unit cell model. Quasi-unit cells fill the space without gaps and overlappings similar to those in periodic crystals. Similarly, the atoms can occupy general and special positions. The alloy stoichiometry and the packing density can be calculated through the relative tile frequencies, which in turn are determined as the components of the Perron-Frobenius eigenvector of the corresponding substitution matrix. The calculation of the diffraction pattern reduces to the Perron projection of a special matrix, the entries of which reflect the contribution of each type of quasi-unit cell to the coherent scattering.
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- A E Madison
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.,St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University 'LETI', ul. Professora Popova 5, 197376 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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A Review of Transmission Electron Microscopy of Quasicrystals—How Are Atoms Arranged? CRYSTALS 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst6090105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Madison AE. Atomic structure of icosahedral quasicrystals: stacking multiple quasi-unit cells. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra13874d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An effective tiling approach is proposed for the structural description of icosahedral quasicrystals based on the original substitution algorithm.
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- Alexey E. Madison
- Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping
- 198035 Saint-Petersburg
- Russia
- Center for Advanced Studies
- Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
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Murin A, Shabanova I. Comparative study of local atomic structure of liquid and supercooled Cu, Ni, And Au. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- A. Murin
- Physicotechnical Institute; Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 132 Kirov St. Izhevsk 42600 Russia
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- Physicotechnical Institute; Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 132 Kirov St. Izhevsk 42600 Russia
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Brühne S, Sterzel R, Uhrig E, Gross C, Assmus W. Medium range real atomic structure of face-centred icosahedral Ho9Mg26Zn65. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/zkri.219.5.245.32746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A complementary approach to solve quasi crystalline atomic structures in 3-dimensional (3D) real space is presented: The atomic pair distribution function (PDF) of face centred icosahedral Ho9Mg26Zn65 [a(6D) = 2 × 5.18(3) Å] has been obtained from in-house powder X-ray diffraction data (MoKα
1). For the first time, full profile PDF refinements of a quasicrystal were performed: Starting with rational approximant models, derived from 1/1- and 2/1-Al—Mg—Zn, its local and medium range structure was refined (r < 27 Å; R = 12.9%) using the PDF data. 85% of all atoms show Frank-Kasper (FK) type coordinations. The basic structural unit is the 3-shell, 104-atom Bergman cluster (d ≈ 15 Å) comprising a void at its center. The clusters are interconnected sharing common edges and hexagonal faces of the 3rd shells. The remaining space is filled by some glue atoms (9% of all atoms), yielding an almost tetrahedrally close packed structure. All Ho atoms are surrounded by 16 neighbours (FK-polyhedron “P”). Most of them (89%) are situated in the 2nd shell and form a Ho8 cube (edge length 5.4 Å); they are completed by 12 Mg atoms to a pentagon dodecahedron. Cubes in neighbouring clusters are tilted with respect to each other; their superposition generates diffraction symmetry 2/m3̅5̅. The remaining Ho atoms act as glue atoms. As a result and as can be expected for real matter, local atomic coordinations in quasicrystals are similar when compared to common crystalline intermetallic compounds. From our results, the long range quasiperiodic structure of icosahedral Mg—Zn—RE (RE = Y and some rare earths) is anticipated to be a canonical cell tiling (CCT, after Henely) decorated with Bergman clusters.
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Takakura H, Gómez CP, Yamamoto A, De Boissieu M, Tsai AP. Atomic structure of the binary icosahedral Yb-Cd quasicrystal. NATURE MATERIALS 2007; 6:58-63. [PMID: 17160006 DOI: 10.1038/nmat1799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 11/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Icosahedral quasicrystals (i-QCs) are long-range ordered solids that show non-crystallographic symmetries such as five-fold rotations. Their detailed atomic structures are still far from completely understood, because most stable i-QCs form as ternary alloys suffering from chemical disorder. Here, we present the first detailed structure solution of i-YbCd(5.7), one of the very few stable binary i-QCs, by means of X-ray structure determination. Three building units with unique atomic decorations arrange quasiperiodically and fill the space. These also serve as building units in the periodic approximant crystals. The structure is not only chemically feasible, but also provides a seamless structural understanding of the i-YbCd(5.7) phase and its series of related i-QCs and approximant crystals, revealing hierarchic features that are of considerable physical interest.
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- Hiroyuki Takakura
- Division of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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Borodin VA, Manichev VM. Three-dimensional model of quasicrystalline atomic structure. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:15747-15753. [PMID: 9985642 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.15747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Mihalkovic M, Zhu W, Henley CL, Phillips R. Icosahedral quasicrystal decoration models. II. Optimization under realistic Al-Mn potentials. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:9021-9044. [PMID: 9982403 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.9021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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