Study of the conductivity of thin quasicrystalline films and its relation with the electronic friction

In the present work, we study the conductivity of thin quasi crystalline films employing a modeled spectral conductivity that contains generic properties of the quasicrystal. The variation of the conductivity with the thickness of the sample is also discussed. We investigate possible consequences for the electronic contribution to the friction coefficient. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.