Surface structure of complex metallic alloys

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Surface structure of complex metallic alloys
Ronan McGrath Department of Physics The
University of Liverpool
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Overview

• Introduction to surface structure of complex
  metallic alloys
• Structure of clean CMA surfaces
• 2.1 Background
• 2.2 Case study 5-fold AlPdMn surface
• 2.3 Case study (100) face of quasicrystal
  approximant Al13Co4
• 2.4 Conclusions
• Structure of Adsorbates on CMA surfaces
• 3.1 Background
• 3.2 Case study Bi/5-f AlPdMn
• 3.3 Case study Pb on Al13Co4 approximants
• 4. Summary, conclusions, opportunities

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