A stable binary quasicrystal

A. P. Tsai (), J. Q. Guo, E. Abe, H. Takakura and T. J. Sato
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A. P. Tsai: National Research Institute for Metals, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
J. Q. Guo: National Research Institute for Metals, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
E. Abe: National Research Institute for Metals, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
H. Takakura: National Research Institute for Metals, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
T. J. Sato: National Research Institute for Metals, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Nature, 2000, vol. 408, issue 6812, 537-538

Abstract: Abstract All stable quasicrystals known so far are composed of at least three metallic elements1,2,3,4. Sixteen years after the discovery of the quasicrystal5, we describe a stable binary quasicrystalline alloy in a cadmium–ytterbium (Cd–Yb) system. The structure of this alloy represents a new class of packing of 66-atom icosahedral clusters whose internal structure breaks the icosahedral symmetry. The binary quasicrystal offers a new opportunity to investigate the relation between thermodynamic stability and quasiperiodic structure, as well as providing a basis for the construction of crystallographic models.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35046202

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