Low temperature electronic transport in Al-Cu-Ru quasicrystalline alloys

Rachel Rosenbaum*, S. Mi, B. Grushko, B. Przepiórzyński

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Abstract

Electrical resistivities of several quasicrystalline (QC) icosahedral Al-Cu-Ru alloys have been measured between room temperature and mK temperatures. None of the Al-Cu-Ru samples exhibited "insulating" behaviors in their resistivities. One sample had a large resistivity of ≈49,000 μΩ cm at room temperature. Its resistivity increased with decreasing temperatures by a factor of 3.2 and exhibited a maximum around 2 K. Fitting discrepancies between the experimental magnetoconductivity data and the weak localization and electron-electron interaction theories suggest that the weak localization theory poorly describes the electronic conduction behavior of this highly resistive quasicrystalline sample.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)314-329
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume149
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

Funding

FundersFunder number
State of Florida
6th Framework
U.S. Department of Energy
EuroMagNET
National Science FoundationDMR-0084173
European CommissionRII3-CT-2004-506239

    Keywords

    • Al-Cu-Ru phases
    • Electrical conductivity
    • Magnetoconductivity
    • Quasicrystals

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