Quasiperiodic ordering in thick Sn layer on $i$-Al-Pd-Mn: A possible quasicrystalline clathrate

Vipin Kumar Singh, Marek Mihalkovic, Marian Krajčí +9

Realization of an elemental solid-state quasicrystal has remained a distant dream so far in spite of extensive work in this direction for almost two decades. Here, we report the di…