Interrelation between hume-rothery mechanism, hybridization and covalent bonds in aluminum- and boron-based icosahedral approximants and quasicrystals

Kaoru Kimura, Kazuhiro Kirihara, Masaaki Fujimori, Takahiro Nakayama, Masaki Takata, Makoto Sakata

研究成果: Conference article査読

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Metallic-covalent bonding conversion in icosahedral clusters of Al and B by small changes of the structure was demonstrated by molecular orbital calculations. According to the electron density distribution obtained using the maximum entropy method and the Rietveld method, the bonding conversion phenomenon occurs even in cluster solids such as some Al- and B-based icosahedral approximant phases (Al12Re, α-AlMnSi, α-rhombohedral boron). The multiple-shell atomic structure, the electrical and optical conductivity are compared for metal doped β-rhombohedral boron and AlLiCu or AlPdRe icosahedral quasicrystal. Photoemission and electron energy loss spectroscopy investigations for V doped β-rhombohedral have been discussed. Conclusions are the following two. It is difficult to distinguish a Hume-Rothery, i.e. structure-induced, pseudogap, and a covalent bonding, i.e. hybridization, pseudogap for materials with a highly symmetric Brillouin zone and a strong potential for valence electrons. Because hybridization is necessary not only for covalent bonds but also for metallic ones, it is better to use the covalent bonding pseudogap than the hybridization pseudogap.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)K1651-K16511
ジャーナルMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
643
出版ステータスPublished - 2001
外部発表はい
イベントQuasicrystals - Preparations, Properties and Applications - Boston, MA, United States
継続期間: 2000 11月 272000 11月 30

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 材料科学(全般)
  • 凝縮系物理学
  • 材料力学
  • 機械工学

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