More on``Atomic motions in the crystalline Al${}_{50}$Cu${}_{35}$Ni${}_{15}$ alloy''

Abstract

We refute recent claims that ultrafast atomic jumps as observed in quasicrystals (QC) could be called phasons in many crystalline alloys by pointing out that there is a genuine conceptual difference between the hopping dynamics in an imperfect crystal containing a substantial number of vacancies, and the hopping dynamics due to phason motion in QC.

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