On the anisotropy in the HRTEM images of a decagonal quasicrystalline phase of the Al-Cu-Co-Si system

"Experimental evidence of an electrical and/or magnetic anisotropy was observed in the high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) images of a decagonal quasicrystalline (DQC) phase of the Al-Cu-Co-Si system. X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) spectra indicated a compositio...

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Autores: RAMIRO GARCIA GARCIA, MARIA MAGDALENA MARTINEZ MONDRAGON, JOSE REYES GASGA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del IPICYT
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1010/1093
Acceso en línea:http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/1093
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Electron microscopy
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Decagonal quasicrystalline phase
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/EDS analysis
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Quasicrystals
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
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Sumario:"Experimental evidence of an electrical and/or magnetic anisotropy was observed in the high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) images of a decagonal quasicrystalline (DQC) phase of the Al-Cu-Co-Si system. X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) spectra indicated a composition of Al60Cu23Co15Si2 for this phase. The anisotropy was responsible for poor contrast quality in the HRTEM images along the periodic direction of this phase, whereas good image contrast was observed in the quasi-aperiodic ten-fold plane. Comparing these results to findings previously reported for the Al62Cu20Co15Si3DQC, we conclude that the observed anisotropy is strongly dependent on the selected chemical composition. After analyzing both the electrical and magnetic effects presented by a sample which is observed with an electron microscope, we conclude that the electrical properties of the DQC phase might be responsible for these observations."