Surface-phason modes in incommensurate crystals

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Lazarra, A.
Walker, M. B.
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1989-07-15
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American Physical Society
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The possibility of obtaining surface-phason modes in incommensurate crystals is investigated. Both the dimension of the incommensurateness and the nature of the surface boundary conditions are found to play an important role in determining whether or not surface phasons exist.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/47497
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Physics
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. A. L. acknowledges the partial support by the National Research Council.
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3 p.
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Physical Review B, v. 40, no. 3, July 15, 1989, pp. 977-979
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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