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Quasiperiodic layers of free-electron metals studied using electron diffraction
Physical Review B
  • A. K. Shukla, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
  • R. S. Dhaka, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
  • S. W. D'Souza, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
  • Sanjay Singh, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
  • D. Wu, Iowa State University
  • Thomas A. Lograsso, Iowa State University
  • M. Krajčí, Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • J. Hafner, Universität Wien
  • K. Horn, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • S. R. Barman, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
4-29-2009
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134206
Abstract
Using electron diffraction, we show that free-electron metals, such as sodium and potassium, form a highly regular quasiperiodic monolayer on the fivefold surface of icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn and that the quasiperiodicity propagates up to the second layer in sodium. Our photoelectron spectroscopy results show that the quasicrystalline alkali-metal adlayer does not exhibit a pseudogap near the Fermi level thought to be characteristic for the electronic structure of quasicrystalline materials. Calculations based on density functional theory provide a model structure for the quasicrystalline alkali-metal monolayer and confirm the absence of a pseudogap.
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This article is from Physical Review B 79 (2009): 134206, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134206.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
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Citation Information
A. K. Shukla, R. S. Dhaka, S. W. D'Souza, Sanjay Singh, et al.. "Quasiperiodic layers of free-electron metals studied using electron diffraction" Physical Review B Vol. 79 Iss. 13 (2009) p. 134206
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_lograsso/56/