TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomic structure of an Al-Co-Ni decagonal quasicrystalline surface
AU - Yuhara, J.
AU - Klikovits, J.
AU - Schmid, M.
AU - Varga, P.
AU - Yokoyama, Y.
AU - Shishido, T.
AU - Soda, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
One of the authors (J.Y.) gratefully acknowledges financial support by the bilateral program for scientist exchange between Federal Ministry of Science and Transport of Austria and Japan Society for Promotion of Science. This work was supported by the Austrian Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - We have analyzed the structure and composition of the first layer of an Al72Co16Ni12 tenfold surface by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). High-resolution STM images reveal local structures that have decagonal symmetry in addition to the usual pentagonal symmetry of the surface. This quasicrystal surface resembles a random tiling instead of an ideal quasiperiodic tiling. After annealing at 1100 K, the total surface atomic density found by ISS is (9±1) × 1014 cm-2. The surface densities of Al and TM (transition metal, i.e., Co and Ni) are determined as (8±1) × 1014 cm-2 and (1.0×0.2) × 1014 cm-2, respectively from ISS, indicating a similar density of Al and much lower density of the TM atoms in the surface layer than in a truncated bulk. The Al surface atomic density agrees well with the number of corrugation maxima in the STM images. A model of the arrangement of the Al atoms in the top layer is presented. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) is performed to study the local electronic structure. The STS spectrum at the corrugation maxima is similar to that at the corrugation minima. A few ≈0.12 nm high protrusions in the STM images are attributed to local oxide clusters due to their STS spectra different from the corrugation maxima and through in situ STM observations during exposure to O2 gas at 2 × 10-6 Pa at RT.
AB - We have analyzed the structure and composition of the first layer of an Al72Co16Ni12 tenfold surface by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). High-resolution STM images reveal local structures that have decagonal symmetry in addition to the usual pentagonal symmetry of the surface. This quasicrystal surface resembles a random tiling instead of an ideal quasiperiodic tiling. After annealing at 1100 K, the total surface atomic density found by ISS is (9±1) × 1014 cm-2. The surface densities of Al and TM (transition metal, i.e., Co and Ni) are determined as (8±1) × 1014 cm-2 and (1.0×0.2) × 1014 cm-2, respectively from ISS, indicating a similar density of Al and much lower density of the TM atoms in the surface layer than in a truncated bulk. The Al surface atomic density agrees well with the number of corrugation maxima in the STM images. A model of the arrangement of the Al atoms in the top layer is presented. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) is performed to study the local electronic structure. The STS spectrum at the corrugation maxima is similar to that at the corrugation minima. A few ≈0.12 nm high protrusions in the STM images are attributed to local oxide clusters due to their STS spectra different from the corrugation maxima and through in situ STM observations during exposure to O2 gas at 2 × 10-6 Pa at RT.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.024203
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.024203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:42749100274
VL - 70
SP - 024203-1-024203-7
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 0163-1829
IS - 2
M1 - 024203
ER -