A sodium-containing quasicrystal: Using gold to enhance sodium's covalency in intermetallic compounds

Volodymyr Smetana; Qisheng Lin; Daniel K. Pratt; Andreas Kreyssig; Mehmet Ramazanoglu; John D. Corbett; Alan I. Goldman; Gordon J. Miller

doi:10.1002/anie.201207076

A sodium-containing quasicrystal: Using gold to enhance sodium's covalency in intermetallic compounds

Volodymyr Smetana
, Qisheng Lin
, Daniel K. Pratt
, Andreas Kreyssig
, Mehmet Ramazanoglu
, John D. Corbett
, Alan I. Goldman
, Gordon J. Miller^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Ames Laboratory

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Abstract

Golden opportunity: Na₁₃Au₁₂Ga₁₅ is the first Na-containing, thermodynamically stable quasicrystal and was discovered during systematic exploration of the polar intermetallic Na-Au-Ga system. Its electron-to-atom ratio, 1.75, is extremely low for Bergman-type icosahedral phases, but it is the substantial Au content that allows Hume-Rothery stabilization and promotes novel Na-Au polar-covalent interactions, which stabilize the icosahedral phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12699-12702
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	51
Issue number	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201207076
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

intermetallic phases
metal-metal interactions
quasicrystals

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