Direct imaging of icosahedral clusters in a cubic Cd6Ca approximant crystal

Eiji Abe; An Pang Tsai

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2003.11.036

Direct imaging of icosahedral clusters in a cubic Cd₆Ca approximant crystal

Eiji Abe, An Pang Tsai

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The structure of a cubic Cd₆Ca crystal, which is constructed by a bcc packing of multiple-shell icosahedral atomic clusters and regarded as a 1/1 approximant to a binary Cd_5.7Ca icosahedral quasicrystal, has been investigated using atomic-resolution annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (ADF-STEM). Direct imaging of the projected icosahedral clusters reveals no significant ADF-contrast around the cluster center, suggesting that the Cd atoms at the core of the cluster are not located at definite position such as the cubic atomic sites proposed by X-ray analysis, but distributed in a significantly disordered manner.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	190-193
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	334-335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2003.11.036
Publication status	Published - 2004 Mar 15
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th International Conference on Quasicrystals - Bangalore, India Duration: 2002 Sep 8 → 2002 Sep 13

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Condensed Matter Physics
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Direct imaging of icosahedral clusters in a cubic Cd₆Ca approximant crystal

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