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Philosophical Magazine Volume 86, 2006 - Issue 3-5: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Quasicrystals, 22–26 May 2005, Part 1. Guest Editors: Cynthia J. Jenks, Daniel J. Sordelet and Patricia Thiel
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Ab initio reconstruction of p-type icosahedral Zn–Mg–Ho quasicrystal structures

H. Takakura Research Centre for Molecular Thermodynamics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. Yamamoto Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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T. J. Sato Neutron Science Laboratory, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 106-1 Shirakata, Tokai 319-1106, Japan
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A. P. Tsai Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Y. Ozawa Graduate School of Materials Science, University of Hyogo, Kouto 3-2-1, Kamigori-cho, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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N. Yasuda Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Kouto 1-1-1, Mikazuki-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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K. Toriumi Graduate School of Materials Science, University of Hyogo, Kouto 3-2-1, Kamigori-cho, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Pages 621-627 | Received 13 May 2005, Accepted 10 Jul 2005, Published online: 21 Aug 2006
 
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Abstract

The six-dimensional (6D) low density elimination method (LDEM) has been applied to solve the p-type icosahedral Zn75Mg16Ho9 quasicrystal. The reconstructed electron density distribution by the LDEM exhibits three large occupation domains (ODs) centred at (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0), (, , , , , ), and (, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) in the 6D primitive unit cell, and the OD at (, , , , , ) contains Ho atoms, which mainly distribute around the threefold directions. A geometrical analysis confirms that a rhombic triacontahedron cluster which includes a Bergman-type cluster is a basic building unit of the structure.

Acknowledgement

This work is supported in part by “Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology,” Japan Science and Technology Corporation.

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