Dynamics of phason fluctuations in the i-AlPdMn quasicrystal

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Francoual, S ^a,b   Livet, F ^a   De Boissieu, M ^a   Yakhou, F ^c   Bley, F ^a   Letoublon A ^d   Caudron, R ^e,f   Gastaldid, J ^g  

^a Grenoble INP Phelma   (France)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^f CEA SACLAY   (France)

^g CAMPUS DE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHONONS; QUASICRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

COHERENT X RAY SCATTERING; EXPONENTIAL TIME DECAY; ICOSAHEDRAL PHASE; PHASON; TIME CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0346058237     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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