The double modulation superstructure of the room temperature stable phase of stoichiometric Cu2Te
β Scribed by Vouroutzis, N. ;Frangis, N. ;Manolikas, C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 715 KB
- Volume
- 202
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-8965
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The structure of the room temperature phase Ξ±~I~βCu~2~Te is studied by means of electron diffraction and high resolution electron microscopy. It is found that the structure is the result of two modulations. The first one is the periodic introduction of planar translation interfaces perpendicular to the [111]~c~ direction of the fcc basic structure. The second one is the ordering of Cu in octahedral and tetrahedral sites, in a way similar to that known for the Ξ²βCu~2~Se structure. The superstructure unit cell includes twelve Te layers. (Β© 2005 WILEYβVCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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