PHOTOEMISSION-STUDY OF ICOSAHEDRAL AL70PD20MN10

Authors
ZHANG GW STADNIK ZM TSAI AP INOUE A
Citation
Gw. Zhang et al., PHOTOEMISSION-STUDY OF ICOSAHEDRAL AL70PD20MN10, Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series A: Physics, Chemistry, and Metallurgy, 39(2), 1994, pp. 169-173
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Metallurgy & Mining
Journal title
Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series A: Physics, Chemistry, and Metallurgy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00408808
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
169 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-8808(1994)39:2<169:POIA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Measurements with photoemission spectroscopy in the photonenergy range 35-150 eV have been used to measure the valence band of the stable ic osahedral Al70Pd20Mn10. The maxima of the Pd 4d- and Mn 3d derived sta tes are respectively at 3.6 and 0.7 eV below the Fermi level. The stro ng decrease of intensity towards the Fermi level is interpreted as evi dence for the presence of a pseudogap at the Fermi level. No unusual f eatures in the valence band of icosahedral Al70Pd20Mn10, which could b e ascribed to its quasiperiodic nature, are observed within the resolu tion of the experiment.