Nature Communications (May 2017)

Interface-driven formation of a two-dimensional dodecagonal fullerene quasicrystal

  • M. Paßens,
  • V. Caciuc,
  • N. Atodiresei,
  • M. Feuerbacher,
  • M. Moors,
  • R. E. Dunin-Borkowski,
  • S. Blügel,
  • R. Waser,
  • S. Karthäuser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15367
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Quasicrystals promise exciting technological advances in optical devices, but their formation mechanism is yet not fully understood. Here, the authors describe a two-dimensional dodecagonal fullerene quasicrystal, forming on a Pt3Ti(111)-surface due to the complex adsorption-energy landscape.