COUCHES MINCES D'ALLIAGES QUASI-CRISTALLINS, LEUR PREPARATION ET LEURS UTILISATIONS

摘要

Quasi-crystalline alloy thin films are disclosed. Each quasi-crystalline alloy thin film is characterised in that its thickness is of 0.01-10 mu m, and in that the quasi-crystalline alloy consists of one or more quasi-crystalline phases with a volume constituting at least 60 vol % of the quasi-crystalline alloy, a quasi-crystalline phase being either a quasi-crystalline phase in the strict sense or an approximating phase or compound. Said thin films are useful in thermoelectric cells, resistive probes, electrical generators, bolometers, thermocouples and air-conditioning systems.