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Article
Quasiperiodic layers of free-electron metals studied using electron diffraction
Physical Review B
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.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
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/
This article is from Physical Review B 79 (2009): 134206, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134206.