Quasicrystal nucleation and ℤ module twin growth in an intermetallic glass-forming system

Abstract

Elucidating the formation of quasicrystals, which have long-range orientational order but no translation periodicity, remains a challenge. Here, the authors track and geometrically describe how a decagonal nickel–zirconium seed grows into a tenfold twinned dendritic structure.