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Boulangeot N, Brix F, Sur F, Gaudry É. Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Lead Adsorbates on Al 13Co 4(100): Accurate Potential Energy Surfaces at Low Computational Cost by Machine Learning and DFT-Based Data. J Chem Theory Comput 2024. [PMID: 39158468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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Intermetallic compounds are promising materials in numerous fields, especially those involving surface interactions, such as catalysis. A key factor to investigate their surface properties lies in adsorption energy maps, typically built using first-principles approaches. However, exploring the adsorption energy landscapes of intermetallic compounds can be cumbersome, usually requiring huge computational resources. In this work, we propose an efficient method to predict adsorption energies, based on a Machine Learning (ML) scheme fed by a few Density Functional Theory (DFT) estimates performed on n sites selected through the Farthest Point Sampling (FPS) process. We detail its application on the Al13Co4(100) quasicrystalline approximant surface for several atomic adsorbates (H, O, and Pb). On this specific example, our approach is shown to outperform both simple interpolation strategies and the recent ML force field MACE [arXiv.2206.07697], especially when the number n is small, i.e., below 36 sites. The ground-truth DFT adsorption energies are much more correlated with the predicted FPS-ML estimates (Pearson R-factor of 0.71, 0.73, and 0.90 for H, O and Pb, respectively, when n = 36) than with interpolation-based or MACE-ML ones (Pearson R-factors of 0.43, 0.39, and 0.56 for H, O, and Pb, in the former case and 0.22, 0.35, and 0.63 in the latter case). The unbiased root-mean-square error (ubRMSE) is lower for FPS-ML than for interpolation-based and MACE-ML predictions (0.15, 0.17, and 0.17 eV, respectively, for hydrogen and 0.17, 0.25, and 0.22 eV for lead), except for oxygen (0.55, 0.47, and 0.46 eV) due to large surface relaxations in this case. We believe that these findings and the corresponding methodology can be extended to a wide range of systems, which will motivate the discovery of novel functional materials.
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- Nathan Boulangeot
- Univ. de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7198, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
- Univ. de Lorraine, INRIA, CNRS UMR7503, Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et Ses Applications, Campus Scientifique, 615 Rue du Jardin-Botanique, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Univ. de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7198, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
- Center for Interstellar Catalysis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Univ. de Lorraine, INRIA, CNRS UMR7503, Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et Ses Applications, Campus Scientifique, 615 Rue du Jardin-Botanique, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Univ. de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7198, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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Chatelier C, Anand K, Gille P, De Weerd MC, Ledieu J, Fournée V, Resta A, Vlad A, Garreau Y, Coati A, Gaudry É. Revealing the Epitaxial Interface between Al 13Fe 4 and Al 5Fe 2 Enabling Atomic Al Interdiffusion. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:19593-19603. [PMID: 37018536 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Steel is the most commonly manufactured material in the world. Its performances can be improved by hot-dip coating with the low weight aluminum metal. The structure of the Al∥Fe interface, which is known to contain a buffer layer made of complex intermetallic compounds such as Al5Fe2 and Al13Fe4, is crucial for the properties. On the basis of surface X-ray diffraction, combined with theoretical calculations, we derive in this work a consistent model at the atomic scale for the complex Al13Fe4(010)∥Al5Fe2(001) interface. The epitaxial relationships are found to be [130]Al5Fe2∥[010]Al13Fe4 and [1 1̅0]Al5Fe2 ∥[100]Al13Fe4. Interfacial and constrained energies, as well as works of adhesion, calculated for several structural models based on density functional theory, identify the lattice mismatch and the interfacial chemical composition as main factors for the stability of the interface. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest a mechanism of Al diffusion to explain the formation of the complex Al13Fe4 and Al5Fe2 phases at the Al∥Fe interface.
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- Corentin Chatelier
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
- L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91190 Cedex Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, D-80539 München, Germany
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91190 Cedex Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91190 Cedex Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91190 Cedex Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- CNRS, Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques Paris, Bâtiment Condorcet, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, Univ. Paris-Cité, Case courrier 7021, F-75205 Cedex 13 Paris, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Départementale 128, Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91190 Cedex Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, 2 allé André Guinier, 54000 Nancy, France
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Gaudry É, Ledieu J, Fournée V. The role of three-dimensional bulk clusters in determining surface morphologies of intermetallic compounds: Quasicrystals to clathrates. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:124706. [PMID: 33810694 DOI: 10.1063/5.0038103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Nanostructured alloy surfaces present unique physical properties and chemical reactivities that are quite different from those of the close-packed low-index surfaces. This can be beneficial for the design of new catalysts and electronic and data-storage devices. However, the growth of such surface nanostructures is not straightforward at the atomic scale. The cluster-based bulk structure of intermetallic compounds presents an original alternative to build surfaces with specific morphologies, in comparison to more traditional methods based on mechanical, chemical, or plasma treatments. It relies on their specific electronic structures-built from a network of bonds with a combination of ionic, covalent-like, and metallic characters, and also depends on the experimental conditions. In this paper, a few surface structures of cluster-based intermetallics are reviewed, with a special emphasis on quasicrystals and clathrates. We show how the intrinsic electronic properties of such compounds, as well as the surface preparation conditions, impact their surface morphologies, which can further influence the growth of atomic and molecular thin films at their surface.
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- É Gaudry
- University of Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
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Pang N, Shi Z, Wang C, Wu Y, Zhang J, Sun J. Doping and adsorption mechanism of the element Y modifying the primary Al 13Fe 4 phase in hypereutectic Al–Fe alloys from first-principles. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00238d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The modification mechanism of the element Y on the primary Al13Fe4 phase was investigated using experimental and theoretical calculations.
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- Na Pang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- 010051 Hohhot
- China
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Chatelier C, Garreau Y, Vlad A, Ledieu J, Resta A, Fournée V, de Weerd MC, Coati A, Gaudry É. Pseudo-2-Fold Surface of the Al 13Co 4 Catalyst: Structure, Stability, and Hydrogen Adsorption. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39787-39797. [PMID: 32805978 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c09702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A few low-order approximants to decagonal quasicrystals have been shown to provide excellent activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of alkenes and alkynes. It is the case for the Al13Co4 compound, for which the catalytic properties of the pseudo-2-fold orientation have been revealed to be among the best. A combination of surface science studies, including surface X-ray diffraction, and calculations based on density functional theory is used here to derive an atomistic model for the pseudo-2-fold o-Al13Co4 surface, whose faceted and columnar structure is found very similar to the one of the 2-fold surface of the d-Al-Ni-Co quasicrystal. Facets substantially stabilize the system, with energies in the range 1.19-1.31 J/m2, i.e., much smaller than the ones of the pseudo-10-fold (1.49-1.68 J/m2) and pseudo-2-fold (1.66 J/m2) surfaces. Faceting is also a main factor at the origin of the Al13Co4 catalytic performances, as illustrated by the comparison of the pseudo-10-fold, pseudo-2-fold and facet potential energy maps for hydrogen adsorption. This work gives insights toward the design of complex intermetallic catalysts through surface nanostructuration for optimized catalytic performances.
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- Corentin Chatelier
- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour - UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, Nancy F-54011, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex F-91192, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex F-91192, France
- CNRS Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques-UMR 7162, Université de Paris, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex F-91192, France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour - UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, Nancy F-54011, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex F-91192, France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour - UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, Nancy F-54011, France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour - UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, Nancy F-54011, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex F-91192, France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour - UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, Nancy F-54011, France
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Brix F, Simon R, Gaudry É. The (010) Surface of the Al
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Complex Intermetallic Compound: Insights from Density Functional Theory. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Florian Brix
- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour Université Lorraine 54000 Nancy France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour Université Lorraine 54000 Nancy France
- École des Mines de Nancy Université Lorraine 54000 Nancy France
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- CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour Université Lorraine 54000 Nancy France
- École des Mines de Nancy Université Lorraine 54000 Nancy France
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Anand K, Fournée V, Prévot G, Ledieu J, Gaudry É. Nonwetting Behavior of Al-Co Quasicrystalline Approximants Owing to Their Unique Electronic Structures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:15793-15801. [PMID: 32125141 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b20653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Good wetting is generally observed for liquid metals on metallic substrates, while poor wetting usually occurs for metals on insulating oxides. In this work, we report unexpected large contact angles for lead on two metallic approximants to decagonal quasicrystals, namely, Al5Co2 and Al13Co4. Intrinsic surface wettability is predicted from first principles, using a thermodynamic model based on the Young equation, and validated by the good agreement with experimental measurements performed under ultra-high vacuum by scanning electron microscopy. The atomistic details of the atomic and electronic structures at the Pb-substrate interface, and the comparison with Pb(111)/Al(111), underline the influence of the specific electronic structures of quasicrystalline approximants on wetting. Our work suggests a possible correlation of the contact angles with the density of states at the Fermi energy and paves the way for a better fundamental understanding of wettability on intermetallic substrates, which has potential consequences in several applications such as supported catalysts, protective coatings, or crystal growth.
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- Kanika Anand
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
- CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, 4 Allée Emile Monso, BP44362, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
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Piccolo L, Chatelier C, De Weerd MC, Morfin F, Ledieu J, Fournée V, Gille P, Gaudry E. Catalytic properties of Al 13TM 4 complex intermetallics: influence of the transition metal and the surface orientation on butadiene hydrogenation. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2019; 20:557-567. [PMID: 31258823 PMCID: PMC6586146 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2019.1608792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Complex intermetallic compounds such as transition metal (TM) aluminides are promising alternatives to expensive Pd-based catalysts, in particular for the semi-hydrogenation of alkynes or alkadienes. Here, we compare the gas-phase butadiene hydrogenation performances of o-Al13Co4(100), m-Al13Fe4(010) and m-Al13Ru4(010) surfaces, whose bulk terminated structural models exhibit similar cluster-like arrangements. Moreover, the effect of the surface orientation is assessed through a comparison between o-Al13Co4(100) and o-Al13Co4(010). As a result, the following room-temperature activity order is determined: Al13Co4(100) < Al13Co4(010) < Al13Ru4(010) < Al13Fe4(010). Moreover, Al13Co4(010) is found to be the most active surface at 110°C, and even more selective to butene (100%) than previously investigated Al13Fe4(010). DFT calculations show that the activity and selectivity results can be rationalized through the determination of butadiene and butene adsorption energies; in contrast, hydrogen adsorption energies do not scale with the catalytic activities. Moreover, the calculation of projected densities of states provides an insight into the Al13TM4 surface electronic structure. Isolating the TM active centers within the Al matrix induces a narrowing of the TM d-band, which leads to the high catalytic performances of Al13TM4 compounds.
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- Laurent Piccolo
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, Nancy, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Crystallography Section, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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Chemical Bonding and Physical Properties in Quasicrystals and Their Related Approximant Phases: Known Facts and Current Perspectives. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9102132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quasicrystals are a class of ordered solids made of typical metallic atoms but they do not exhibit the physical properties that usually signal the presence of metallic bonding, and their electrical and thermal transport properties resemble a more semiconductor-like than metallic character. In this paper I first review a number of experimental results and numerical simulations suggesting that the origin of the unusual properties of these compounds can be traced back to two main features. For one thing, we have the formation of covalent bonds among certain atoms grouped into clusters at a local scale. Thus, the nature of chemical bonding among certain constituent atoms should play a significant role in the onset of non-metallic physical properties of quasicrystals bearing transition-metal elements. On the other hand, the self-similar symmetry of the underlying structure gives rise to the presence of an extended chemical bonding network due to a hierarchical nesting of clusters. This novel structural design leads to the existence of quite diverse wave functions, whose transmission characteristics range from extended to almost localized ones. Finally, the potential of quasicrystals as thermoelectric materials is discussed on the basis of their specific transport properties.
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Borgstahl G, Goldman AI, Thiel PA. Aperiodic order coming of age: from inorganic materials to dynamic protein superstructures. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES 2019; 75:212-213. [PMID: 30821255 DOI: 10.1107/s2053273319001165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gloria Borgstahl
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 986805 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6805, USA
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- Iowa State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 12 Physics Hall, Ames, IA 500-1021, USA
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- Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, 1605 Gilman Hall, 2415 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA 50011-1021, USA
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