During the last several decades, since the discovery of a decagonal quasicrystal, a 2 nm cluster model has been widely accepted as its basic quasi-unit-cell (QUC). Instead of the traditional 2 nm QUC, a 3.2 nm QUC is proposed in this paper. The 3.2 nm QUC can fill all the blank areas. The 3.2 nm QUC consists of 251 atoms. The element type and position of each atom are determined using high-angle annular detector dark-field (HAADF) images taken along three projection directions, i.e., one along the ten-fold symmetry and the other two along the two-fold symmetry with an intersection angle of 18 degrees. The proposed model opens an avenue for further investigation of the aperiodic atomic structure of other quasicrystals.
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