High-energy X-ray diffraction studies of i-Sc12Zn88
| Title | High-energy X-ray diffraction studies of i-Sc12Zn88 |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Goldman AI, Kreyssig A, Nandi S, Kim MG, Caudle ML, Canfield PC |
| Journal Title | Philosophical Magazine |
| Volume | 91 |
| Pages | 2427-2433 |
| Date Published | 07 |
| ISBN Number | 1478-6435 |
| Accession Number | ISI:000290670100003 |
| Keywords | alloys, co, CU, growth, high-energy diffraction, icosahedral, mn, PD, QUASI-CRYSTALS, quasicrystal, single-crystals, SOLUTION GROWTH, ternary melt, YB |
| Abstract | Although quasicrystals form in a wide variety of ternary and quaternary metallic alloys, examples of stable binary icosahedral quasicrystals are quite rare. Indeed, it has been a decade since the discovery of icosahedral phases in Yb-Cd and Ca-Cd. We have discovered millimeter-sized facetted grains of i-Sc12Zn88 with icosahedral (pentagonal dodecahedral and rhombic triacontahedral) morphologies in solution-grown samples. Structural characterization of the bulk icosahedral phase was accomplished through single-grain high-energy X-ray diffraction. For both growth morphologies, all diffraction peaks could be indexed by a primitive (P-type) icosahedral phase. The two types of morphology do, however, present interesting differences in their respective degrees of quasicrystalline order. |
| URL | <Go to ISI>://000290670100003 |
| DOI | 10.1080/14786435.2010.511599 |
| Alternate Journal | Philos MagPhilos Mag |
