Analytical expressions for the transport coefficients of icosahedral quasicrystals

We investigate by analytical means the electronic transport properties of approximants and quasicrystals. The spectral resistivity is modeled by Lorentz functions in agreement with realistic ab initio calculations (linear muffin-tin orbital basis, Kubo-Greenwood formula) for low-order approximants....

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Autores: Landauro, C.V., Maciá Barber, Enrique Alfonso, Solbrig, H.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52115
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52115
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Al-Cu-Fe
Metal-insulator-transition
Density-of-states
Quasi-crystals
Electronic-structure
Band-structure
Electrical-conductivity
Anderson transition
Thin-films
Pd-Re
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:We investigate by analytical means the electronic transport properties of approximants and quasicrystals. The spectral resistivity is modeled by Lorentz functions in agreement with realistic ab initio calculations (linear muffin-tin orbital basis, Kubo-Greenwood formula) for low-order approximants. The analytical expressions for the transport coefficients compare well with both numerical calculations and experiments. Thus, the temperature-dependent conductivity, thermopower, electronic thermal conductivity, and Lorenz number of certain approximants and quasicrystals can be consistently explained.