Phys. Rev. B 76, 216202 (2007) [3 pages]Reply to “Comment on ‘Extrinsic origin of the insulating behavior of polygrain icosahedral Al-Pd-Re quasicrystals’ ”Received 17 April 2007; revised 28 June 2007; published 19 December 2007 We clarify issues raised in the preceding Comment regarding the viewpoint that the highly porous and oxidized arc-melted polygrain i-Al-Pd-Re samples could reveal intrinsic electrical transport properties of this icosahedral family. Flux-grown single-grain i-Al-Pd-Re samples of superior structural quality do not show insulatinglike behavior, and their transport properties are on common ground with all other Al-based icosahedral families. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.216202
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.216202
PACS:
61.44.Br, 71.23.Ft
See AlsoOriginal Article: J. Dolinšek, P. J. McGuiness, M. Klanjšek, I. Smiljanić, A. Smontara, E. S. Zijlstra, S. K. Bose, I. R. Fisher, M. J. Kramer, and P. C. Canfield, Extrinsic origin of the insulating behavior of polygrain icosahedral Al-Pd-Re quasicrystals, Phys. Rev. B 74, 134201 (2006). |
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