In:
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Vol. 76, No. 2 ( 2020-03-01), p. 137-144
Abstract:
Quasicrystals, which have long-range orientational order without translational symmetry, are incompatible with the theory of conventional crystals, which are characterized by periodic lattices and uniformly repeated unit cells. Reported here is a novel quasicrystal-related solid state observed in two Al–Cr–Fe–Si alloys, which can be described as a mosaic of aperiodically distributed unit tiles in translationally periodic structural blocks. This new type of material possesses the opposing features of both conventional crystals and quasicrystals, which might trigger wide interest in theory, experiments and the potential applications of this type of material.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2053-2733
DOI:
10.1107/S2053273320000066
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2020844-3
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