Abstract
Crystals of or cocrystallized with n-pentane grow as elongated, ten-sided columns. X-ray diffraction shows ordering of or molecules along the column and a remarkable tenfold symmetry normal to the column. The ratio of the x-ray-diffraction vectors of the two lowest-order diffraction spots is nearly equal to the ‘‘golden ratio,’’ τ. Despite these similarities with decagonal, quasicrystalline order, the diffraction indicates crystalline order with a twinned unit cell.
- Received 18 March 1991
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.888
©1991 American Physical Society