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Formation of a single quasicrystal upon collision of multiple grains

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26070-9

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  1. US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0019118]
  2. DOE Office of Science [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  3. National Science Foundation [ACI-1548562]
  4. XSEDE award [DMR 140129]
  5. Advanced Research Computing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  6. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0019118] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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Quasicrystals exhibit long-range order without periodicity. The authors reported an approach for quasicrystal fabrication and showed through in situ imaging and corresponding simulations the formation of a single decagonal quasicrystal arising from coalescence of multiple quasicrystals in a liquid. This joint experimental-computational discovery paves the way toward fabrication of single, large-scale quasicrystals for novel applications.
Quasicrystals exhibit long-range order but lack translational symmetry. When grown as single crystals, they possess distinctive and unusual properties owing to the absence of grain boundaries. Unfortunately, conventional methods such as bulk crystal growth or thin film deposition only allow us to synthesize either polycrystalline quasicrystals or quasicrystals that are at most a few centimeters in size. Here, we reveal through real-time and 3D imaging the formation of a single decagonal quasicrystal arising from a hard collision between multiple growing quasicrystals in an Al-Co-Ni liquid. Through corresponding molecular dynamics simulations, we examine the underlying kinetics of quasicrystal coalescence and investigate the effects of initial misorientation between the growing quasicrystalline grains on the formation of grain boundaries. At small misorientation, coalescence occurs following rigid rotation that is facilitated by phasons. Our joint experimental-computational discovery paves the way toward fabrication of single, large-scale quasicrystals for novel applications. Quasicrystals exhibit long-range order without periodicity. The authors report an approach for quasicrystal fabrication and show through in situ imaging and corresponding simulations the formation of a single decagonal quasicrystal arising from coalescence of multiple quasicrystals in a liquid.

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