Ab-initio tiling and atomic structure for decagonal ZnMgDy quasicrystal

M. Mihalkovic, C. L. Henley, J. Richmond-Decker +1

We discover the detailed atomic structure of $d$-MgZnY, a stable decagonal quasicrystal alloy of the layered Frank-Kasper type, and related phases, using the "tiling and decoration…