Abstract
Quasicrystals (QCs) possess rotational symmetries forbidden in the conventional crystallography and lack translational symmetries. Their atoms are arranged in an ordered but non-periodic way. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was the right tool to discover such exotic materials and has always been a main technique in their studies since then. It provides the morphological and crystallographic information and images of real atomic arrangements of QCs. In this review, we summarized the achievements of the study of QCs using TEM, providing intriguing structural details of QCs unveiled by TEM analyses. The main findings on the symmetry, local atomic arrangement and chemical order of QCs are illustrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 105 |
| Journal | Crystals |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Inorganic Chemistry
Keywords
- Atomic arrangement
- Quasicrystal
- Symmetry
- Transmission electron microscopy