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Article
Nucleation and growth of a quasicrystalline monolayer: Bi adsorption on the fivefold surface of i-Al70Pd21Mn9
Physical Review B
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
8-7-2008
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.075407
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to study the formation of a Bi monolayer deposited on the fivefold surface of i-Al70Pd21Mn9. Upon deposition of low submonolayer coverages, the nucleation of pentagonal clusters of Bi adatoms of edge length 4.9 Å is observed. The clusters have a common orientation leading to a film with fivefold symmetry. By inspection of images where both the underlying surface and the Bi atoms are resolved, the pentagonal clusters are proposed to nucleate on pseudo-Mackay clusters truncated such that a Mn atom lies centrally in the surface plane. The density of these sites is sufficient to form a quasiperiodic framework, and subsequent adsorption of Bi atoms ultimately leads to the formation of a quasicrystalline monolayer. The suggested nucleation site is different from that proposed on the basis of recent density-functional theory calculations.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
J. A. Smerdon, J. K. Parle, L. H. Wearing, Thomas A. Lograsso, et al.. "Nucleation and growth of a quasicrystalline monolayer: Bi adsorption on the fivefold surface of i-Al70Pd21Mn9" Physical Review B Vol. 78 Iss. 7 (2008) p. 075407 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_lograsso/75/
This article is from Physical Review B 78 (2008): 075407, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.075407.