Local configurations on surfaces of icosahedral quasicrystals

Gerald Kasner (1) , Zorka Papadopolos (2)

1 Institut für Theoretische Physik
2 Insitut für Theoretische Physik [Tübingen]

The surfaces of icosahedral quasicrystals of an F-phase, orthogonal to a fivefold symmetry axis have a terrace-like appearance. On highly resolved images of these terraces one observes different local configurations. We search for possible corresponding configurations in the bulk model of atomic positions M based on the icosahedral tiling T^*(2F).

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Gerald Kasner, Zorka Papadopolos. Local configurations on surfaces of icosahedral quasicrystals. Philosophical Magazine, 2006, 86 (06-08), pp.813-818. ⟨10.1080/14786430500268628⟩. ⟨hal-00513587⟩