Abstract
An x-ray scattering study is reported of the commensurate-incommensurate transition (CIT) in single-crystal in which the stage-4 intercalant has an in-plane superlattice structure. The CIT, which occurs only in the sevenfold direction, is a solid-to-solid transition with incommensurability . The relative displacements of successive harmonics are accurately predicted by a sharp domain-wall model with phase shifts. The in-plane coherent regions exceed 10 000 Å in both commensurate and incommensurate phases.
- Received 30 July 1982
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1427
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