Buganski Ireneusz, Bindi Luca
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland.
Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan.
IUCrJ. 2021 Jan 1;8(Pt 1):87-101. doi: 10.1107/S2052252520015444.
A set of X-ray data collected on a fragment of decagonite, AlNiFe, the only known natural decagonal quasicrystal found in a meteorite formed at the beginning of the Solar System, allowed us to determine the first structural model for a natural quasicrystal. It is a two-layer structure with decagonal columnar clusters arranged according to the pentagonal Penrose tiling. The structural model showed peculiarities and slight differences with respect to those obtained for other synthetic decagonal quasicrystals. Interestingly, decagonite is found to exhibit low linear phason strain and a high degree of perfection despite the fact it was formed under conditions very far from those used in the laboratory.
一组关于十边形镍铁矿(AlNiFe)碎片的X射线数据,这是在太阳系形成初期形成的陨石中发现的唯一已知天然十边形准晶体,使我们能够确定天然准晶体的首个结构模型。它是一种两层结构,十边形柱状簇按照五角形彭罗斯镶嵌排列。该结构模型与其他合成十边形准晶体的结构模型相比,表现出独特之处和细微差异。有趣的是,尽管十边形镍铁矿是在与实验室所用条件相差甚远的情况下形成的,但发现它具有低线性相子应变和高度的完美性。