Abstract
Quasicrystals represent aperiodically ordered form of solids with symmetries long thought forbidden in nature. Since their discovery, the fundamental key question has been “Where are the atoms?” For the last decade major strides have been made in determining atomic structure of quasicrystals, largely by direct imaging using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). In this chapter, we describe effective use of annular dark-field STEM imaging for structural analysis of quasicrystals.
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I would be grateful to A. P. Tsai, S. J. Pennycook, K. Saitoh, H. Takakura, P. J. Steinhardt, H.-C. Jeong, and Y. Yan for collaborations, on which the present chapter is based. I would also thank T. J. Sato, M. Widom, C. L. Henley, M. Miharcovic, W. Steurer, M. de Boissieu, A. Yamamoto, N. Tanaka, and K. Ishizuka for valuable comments and discussions. I acknowledge support from the CREST-JST and SORST-JST (1996–2001, 2002–2007 Project leader: A. P. Tsai), a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Priority Areas “Atomic Scale Modification” from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, and by Kazato Research Foundation.
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Abe, E. (2011). Structure of Quasicrystals. In: Pennycook, S., Nellist, P. (eds) Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7200-2_14
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