Quasicrystal nucleation and Z module twin growth in an intermetallic glass-forming system

0497756 - FZÚ 2019 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Hornfeck, Wolfgang - Kobold, R. - Kolbe, M. - Conrad, M. - Herlach, D.
Quasicrystal nucleation and Z module twin growth in an intermetallic glass-forming system.
Nature Communications. Roč. 9, č. 1 (2018), s. 1-6, č. článku 4054. E-ISSN 2041-1723
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Keywords : quasicrystals * homogeneous nucleation * lectron backscatter diffraction
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Impact factor: 11.878, year: 2018

While quasicrystals possess long-range orientational order they lack translation periodicity. Considerable advancements in the elucidation of their structures and formative principles contrast with comparatively uncharted interrelations, as studies bridging the spatial scales from atoms to the macroscale are scarce. Here, we report on the homogeneous nucleation of a single quasicrystalline seed from the undercooled melt of glass-forming NiZr and its continuous growth into a tenfold twinned dendritic microstructure.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0290260