Evidence for unconventional electronic transport in quasicrystals

D. Mayou; C. Berger; F. Cyrot-Lackmann; T. Klein; P. Lanco

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3915

Evidence for unconventional electronic transport in quasicrystals

D. Mayou
, C. Berger
, F. Cyrot-Lackmann
, T. Klein
, P. Lanco

École Polytechnique

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Abstract

The conductivity of a series of AlCuFe and AlPdMn quasicrystals and approximant phases can be written (T)=4 K+(T). The 4 K term is very low, decreases with improvement of structural quality, and varies strongly with composition. (T) is independent of the sample and increases anomalously with temperature up to 1000 K, with 1000 K/4 K greater than 10. The results are interpreted by electronic hopping between structural entities separated by about 30. Within a band picture, this process would correspond to interband transitions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3915-3918
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	70
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3915
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1993

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