Abstract
The electronic structures are calculated for several crystalline approximants of quasicrystals, AlCuLi and AlFe. The densities of states of these systems, and also of AlMn, suggest universality of the pseudogap at the Fermi energy in quasicrystals. The pseudogap satisfies a Hume-Rothery–type relation. The origin of the pseudogap is attributed to strong electron scattering by the lattice and the pseudogap causes an enhancement of cohesive energies. The characteristics of the states in the pseudogap and the electric resistivity are also discussed.
- Received 20 August 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.333
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