Novel kind of decagonal ordering in Al<sub>74</sub>Cr<sub>15</sub>Fe<sub>11</sub>.

Ma, Haikun; He, Zhanbing; Li, Hua; Zhang, Tiantian; Zhang, Shuang; Dong, Chuang; Steurer, Walter · Nat Commun · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy study of the intermetallic compound Al<sub>74</sub>Cr<sub>15</sub>Fe<sub>11</sub> reveals a quasiperiodic structure significantly differing from the ones known so far. In contrast to the common quasi-unit-cells based on Gummelt decagons, the present structure is related to a covering formed by Lück decagons, which can also be described by a Hexagon-Bow-Tie tiling.