First Bulk Ferromagnetic Icosahedral Quasicrystals (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

First Bulk Ferromagnetic Icosahedral Quasicrystals

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(left) An isolated icosahedron with whirling moment configuration, (middle) whirling magnetic configurations on a network of rare-earth icosahedra, (right) electron diffraction pattern showing sharp reflections and exceptional quasiperiodic coherence in the first bulk, annealable ferromagnetic icosahedral quasicrystal.

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Professor Ryuji Tamura from TUS, Japan

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