Les alliages métalliques complexes (CMAs) sont des composés intermétalliques dont la structure cristallographique diffère de celle des alliages conventionnels par le nombre conséquent d'atomes dans la maille (jusqu'à plusieurs milliers d'atomes), généralement arrangés sous forme d'agrégats atomiques de haute symétrie. Ils sont prometteurs pour un certain nombre d'applications technologiques, en particulier les revêtements fonctionnels, en raison de leurs propriétés de surface uniques. Cette thèse a pour objectif, à la fois la détermination de la structure et des propriétés électroniques d’une surface d’un CMA de la famille des clathrates intermétalliques, et des propriétés de mouillage intrinsèques de plusieurs CMAs à base d’aluminium. Dans une première partie, nous nous sommes intéressés aux surfaces de bas indice (100) et (110) du clathrate Ba8Au5.25Ge40.75. Leurs structures atomiques et électroniques ont été déterminées en combinant des expériences de sciences des surfaces et des calculs basés sur la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité. La structure tridimensionnelle de Ba8Au5.25Ge40.75, formée d'un réseau de deux types de cages (structure hôte) à base de germanium et d’or, qui emprisonnent les atomes de Ba, induit une nanostructuration de la surface contrôlée par son orientation, puisque le type de cages préservées à la surface diffère pour les surfaces (100) et (110). Dans les deux cas, les atomes de Ba qui protrudent à la surface, ont un rôle primordial pour la stabilité de surface : ils assurent un transfert de charge qui sature les liaisons pendantes des atomes de germanium en surface. Dans une seconde partie, les propriétés intrinsèques de mouillage de plusieurs CMAs à base d’aluminium, ont été déterminées par une approche couplant des mesures de microscopie et des calculs ab initio. Expérimentalement, les angles de contact de gouttes de plomb (métal sonde) sur plusieurs surfaces de CMAs ont été systématiquement mesurés. Les angles précédents étant fonction, entre autres, de l’énergie interfaciale, des calculs d'énergie interfaciale ont été menés, d’une part avec un substrat d’un métal simple, Al(111), et d’autre part sur un substrat de CMA, Al13Co4(100). Les résultats obtenus mettent en évidence une forte influence de la structure de l’interface sur l’énergie interfaciale / Complex metallic alloys (CMAs) are intermetallic compounds possessing a large unit cell containing several tens to hundreds of atoms. Their structure can be described alternatively by the packing of highly symmetric atomic clusters. Clathrate (or cage) compounds are a new class of CMAs having a crystal structure described by a complex arrangement of covalently-bonded cages. The Ba8Au5.25Ge40.75 type-I clathrate is one such cage compound, whose bulk properties have been (and still are) extensively explored for thermoelectric applications. In fact, it is possible to tune the compound electronic structure by a fine control of its bulk composition. Regarding the properties of the Ba8Au5.25Ge40.75 surface, information remains scarce if not inexistent. However, it is known that the surfaces of CMAs often exhibit interesting surface properties. To this end, we have studied two low-index surfaces: BaAuGe(100) and BaAuGe(110) by a combination of experimental (XPS; LEED; STM) and computational (DFT) methods. Experimental results show no evidence for surface segregation and LEED patterns are consistent with (1x1) bulk terminations with no surface reconstruction. The interplay between the 3D nano-caged structure and 2D surfaces is investigated. We demonstrate that the surface structures of the two surfaces considered preserve the bulk structure cages in addition to an ordered arrangement of surface Ba atoms. The two surfaces are formed by a breakage of highly directional covalent bonds present within the framework, hence leading to destabilizing dangling bonds. Ab initio calculations show that the surface structure is stabilized through electron charge transfer from protruding Ba to surface Ge and Au atoms, saturating the dangling bonds. This charge-balance mechanism lifts the possible surface reconstruction envisaged. We reveal how the surface nanostructuration is surface orientation dependent. The results indicate that the surface electronic structure of BaAuGe(110) is impacted by the Au surface concentration. The surface models for BaAuGe(100) and BaAuGe(110) present a metallic character and low work function values, useful for further applications. Such structurally complex surfaces may also be used as templates for novel nanoscale architectures. Further in this work, we also applied the state-of-the-art surface science techniques to investigate the wetting properties of Al-based CMAs. In these experiments, chemically inert Pb element was used as a metal probe. Systematic analysis is done to find the correlation between the wetting properties and the electronic structure properties of these CMAs. Interfacial energy calculations have been performed to model the Pb/CMA interface based on few approaches reported in literature. We have tested these approaches on a moiré patterned Pb(111)/Al(111) interface. This interface is found to be controlled by geometric factors. Hence, an acquired understanding was applied to Pb deposited on Al13Co4(100) (Al-rich side) interface

Este trabalho trata da avaliação da técnica de conformação por expansão fluidostática (bulge forming) através de uma matriz com múltiplas cavidades. Duas ligas de especificação AA5083 e Pb-60Sn foram submetidas ao processo de superplasticidade (Superplastic Forming) para a verificação de diferentes parâmetros de trabalho e comparação com os resultados por simulação numérica. Uma das principais conclusões obtidas é que o método multidomo foi válido para o estudo do fenômeno superplástico. Os testes foram realizados através do método de pressão constante, onde foi possível obter variáveis como tensão, taxa de deformação e índice de sensibilidade a taxa de deformação. Uma importante implicação deste processo é o controle correto do tempo de trabalho com cavidades conformadas em ensaios distintos. / This study aims to evaluate the forming technique fluidostatic expansion (bulge forming) through a die with multiple cavities. Two AA5083 alloy and Pb-60Sn specification were submitted to superplasticity process (superplastic forming) for checking different working parameters and comparison with the results in numerical simulation. One of the main conclusions is that the multidomo method was valid to study the superplastic phenomenon. The tests were performed using the constant pressure method, where it was possible to obtain variables such as stress, strain rate and the strain rate sensitivity index. An important implication of this process is the correct control of working time with shaped cavities in separate trials.

The phase diagram of the Mg-Pd system was redetermined in the range from 50 at. % Mg to 100 at. % Mg. It contains several intermediate phases with some of them being complex metallic alloy phases (CMAs), i.e., characterized by (i) giant unit cells with more than hundred atoms, (ii) inherent disorder, (iii) the presence of a cluster substructure. Phase fields and heterogeneous equilibria of the intermediate phases β- Mg6Pd, γ-Mg57Pd13, δ-Mg56.4Pd13.6, ε-Mg306Pd77, ζ-Mg64Pd17, η-Mg3Pd, θ-Mg5Pd2, ι- Mg2Pd and κ-MgPd were determined. The first five phases are CMAs with Mackay clusters as fundamental structural units. The crystal structure of the most magnesium-rich compound β-Mg6Pd was redetermined. It was found to be more complicated than previously thought due to correlated disorder of only two atom sites in the cubic unit cell. The γ-, ε- and ζ-phases form in a small window of temperature (50 oC) and composition (3 at. %) close to 80 at. % Mg. A new structure type was assigned to Mg3Pd (Cu3P, P63cm). The single phase field of the θ-phase is caused by constitutional vacancies. The new ι-phase crystallizes with NiTi2 structure-type. / Das Phasendiagramm des Systems Mg–Pd wurde im Bereich von 50 bis 100 At.-% Mg neu bestimmt. In diesem Phasendiagramm finden sich mehrere intermediäre Phasen, darunter auch komplexe intermetallische Verbindungen (engl.: complex intermetallic alloys, CMAs). CMAs sind charakterisiert durch (i) große Elementarzellen mit mehr als einhundert Atomen, (ii) intrinsischer Fehlordnung und (iii) dem Vorhandensein einer Cluster- Substruktur. Die Phasenfelder und heterogenen Gleichgewichte der intermediären Phasen β-Mg6Pd, γ- Mg57Pd13, δ-Mg56.4Pd13.6, ε-Mg306Pd77, ζ-Mg64Pd17, η-Mg3Pd, θ-Mg5Pd2, ι-Mg2Pd und κ- MgPd wurden bestimmt. Die ersten fünf der eben genannten Phasen sind CMAs mit Mackay Clustern als fundamentales strukturelles Einheit. Alle übrigen Phasen besitzen einen einfacheren kristallografischen Aufbau. Die Kristallstruktur der Mg-reichsten Verbindung β-Mg6Pd wurde neu bestimmt und ist weitaus sich als komplizierter als bisher angenommen. Die Ausdehnung des Einphasenfeldes von β-Mg6Pd lässt sich jedoch sehr einfach mit korrelierter Fehlordnung von lediglich zwei Atomen in der kubischen Elementarzelle verstehen. Die γ-, ε-, und ζ-Phasen bilden sich in einem schmalen Temperatur- (50 °C) und Zusammensetzungsbereich (3 at. %) nahe 80 at. % Mg. Der Verbindung Mg3Pd (Cu3P, P63cm) wurde ein neuer Strukturtyp zugewiesen. Die Ausdehnung des Einphasenfeldes der θ-Phase lässt sich mit dem Einbau konstitutioneller Leerstellen erklären. Die neue ι-Phase kristallisiert im NiTi2 Strukturtyp.

A la composition Mg-31 at.% Al, le système Magnésium-Aluminium présente un eutectique dont la microstructure est formée d'une matrice de phase métallique complexe gamma-Mg17Al12 et de fibres de Magnésium. Au cours de la thèse, une série d'alliages Mg-Al eutectiques et hypo-eutectiques a été élaborée par solidification afin d'obtenir des composites in situ à différentes fractions volumiques de phase complexe. Ces alliages constituent un type nouveau de composites à phases métalliques complexes. L'étude du comportement mécanique à l'ambiante révèle la possibilité d'une plasticité de ces composites même pour des fractions volumiques élevées de phase gamma-Mg17Al12, phase très dure mais fragile à l'état massif. A chaud (250°C-350°C), pour tous les composites, le comportement en compression est caractérisé par un pic de contrainte suivi d'un adoucissement prononcé. L'étude microstructurale suggère que, à l'ambiante, la déformation plastique est possible grâce à la microstructure à fine échelle de la phase métallique complexe gamma-Mg17Al12. A chaud, le comportement peut s'interpréter par des mécanismes de recristallisation dynamique et de glissements aux joints de grains. / For a 31 at.% Al content, the Mg-Al system shows a eutectic mixture formed by Mg fibers embedded in a matrix of a complex metallic phase, the gamma-Mg17Al12 phase. During the thesis, eutectic and hypoeutectic Mg-Al alloys have been prepared by solidification to obtain in situ composites with various volume fractions of complex phases. These alloys appear as a new kind of composites containing complex metallic phases. The mechanical behaviour at room temperature shows that plasticity is possible even for high volume fraction of the gamma-Mg17Al12 phase, a phase which is very hard but brittle at room temperature. At high temperature (250°C-350°C), for all composites, compression tests exhibit a stress peak followed by a pronounced softening. Microstructural studies suggest that the room temperature plasticity is related to the fine scale microstructure of the complex metallic phase gamma-Mg17Al12. At high temperature, the mechanical behavior results preferentially from dynamic recrystallisation and grain boundary sliding.

Orientador: Richard Landers / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T20:58:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moreira_WilliamdeOliveira_M.pdf: 9448249 bytes, checksum: 3dd42234cee158f2636fa903c68e5819 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Abstract: The Fermi Energy of a metal or a metal alloy is an important parameter for defining the energy levels associated with the material. Usually all other energy levels are defined relative to it. Notwithstanding the experimental determination of the absolute Fermi Energy (EF ) of a system is almost impossible. On the other hand to measure important phenomena such as charge transfer between the elements of a metal alloy, knowledge of changes of the EF are necessary. In this study we explore the use of chemical shifts derived from X-ray excited photoelectrons and Auger electrons to map changes in the relative EF as a function of concentration for the solid solution AuxPd1-x. First observing the Auger shifts of the Au, analogously to Nascente et al. [4] and then looking at the shifts of the Ar2p line of Ar atoms implanted with low energy into the alloys. Due to the inert nature of Ar atoms it is predicted that these shifts should be related to the changes in the FE of the alloy determined by shifts of the Au XAES lines. It is shown that both methods produce equivalent results, validating the prediction, and possibly indicating that the use of shifts from Ar implanted into a more general class of alloys could be a useful tool for detecting changes in EF in alloys / Mestrado / Física da Matéria Condensada / Mestre em Física

No presente estudo foi analisada a distribuição de tensões, na região anterior de modelo fotoelástico, gerada por arcos de intrusão de incisivos inferiores. Compararam-se as tensões entre diferentes arcos. E ainda, em cada tipo de arco, compararam-se as tensões entre terços radiculares e entre incisivos. O modelo fotoelástico foi construído simulando a extrusão dos incisivos. Foram confeccionados sessenta arcos de intrusão, sendo quinze de cada tipo de mecânica: arco contínuo de Burstone, arco utilitário de Ricketts, arco com dobra de ancoragem usado na mecânica de Begg e arco com curva de Spee reversa usado na mecânica de Tweed. A força de ativação foi mensurada em 50gf na região da linha média. O modelo fotoelástico foi observado em polariscópio circular, na configuração de campo escuro, e fotografado. As fotografias frontais foram analisadas, e as ordens de franjas em cada região registradas. A repetibilidade do método foi identificada pela análise de kappa. A comparação entre as tensões foi realizada pelo teste de Kruskall-Wallis complementado com teste de Dunn. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que na região apical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido pelo arco contínuo de Burstone. Na região média, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguida por arco contínuo de Burstone, arco com dobra de ancoragem e arco com curva de Spee reversa. Na região cervical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram decorrentes do arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido por arco com curva de Spee reversa e arco com dobra de ancoragem. Os arcos contínuos de Burstone apresentaram as menores tensões na região cervical. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os terços radiculares, de cada dente, em todos os arcos analisados, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nas regiões cervicais. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os dentes, em cada terço radicular, no arco contínuo de Burstone, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos laterais. Entretanto, no arco utilitário de Ricketts e no arco com dobra de ancoragem, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos centrais. No arco com curva de Spee reversa, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram identificadas nos incisivos esquerdos. Portanto, os resultados do presente estudo permitiram a visualização e compreensão dos efeitos dos diversos arcos de intrusão. Entretanto, estes resultados devem ser observados com cautela, requerendo mais pesquisas que confirmem a reprodutibilidade do método e dos resultados. / In the present study, the distribution of stresses caused by intrusion arches on lower incisors, in the anterior region of photoelastic model, was analyzed. The stresses were compared among the different arches. Additionally, stresses were also compared among the root thirds, as well as among the incisors for each arch type. The photoelastic model was constructed simulating the extrusion of incisors. Sixty intrusion arches were made up, corresponding to fifteen of each type: Burstone continuous arches, Ricketts utility arches, anchorage bend arches used in Begg mechanics and reverse Spee curved arches used in Tweed mechanics. Activation force was measured at 50gf in the midline. The photoelastic model was observed under circular polariscope, in dark-field configuration, and photographed. Frontal photographs were analyzed, and fringe order in each region was recorded. Method repeatability was identified by kappa analysis. A comparison among stresses was carried out using Kruskall-Wallis test and complemented by the Dunn test. Results obtained led to the conclusion that in the apical region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by the Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch. In mid-region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch, anchorage bend arch, and arch wire with a reverse curve of Spee. In the cervical region, the major stress magnitudes stemmed from Ricketts utility arch, followed by arch with reverse curve of Spee and the anchorage bend arch. The Burstone continuous arches presented the least stresses in the cervical region. On comparing fringe orders among root thirds, of each tooth, in all arches analyzed, major magnitudes of stresses were observed in the cervical regions. On comparing fringe orders among teeth, in each root third, the major magnitudes of stresses were observed in lateral incisors in Burstone continuous arches. However, in both Ricketts utility arches and anchorage bend arches the major stresses magnitudes were observed in central incisors. In arch with a reverse curve of Spee the major magnitudes of stresses were identified in left incisors. Consequently the results in the present study allowed a visualization and understanding of the effects of the diverse intrusion arches. However, such results should be observed with caution, requiring further study to confirm method reproducibility as well as results.

Orientador : Amauri Garcia / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T03:13:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Spinelli_JoseEduardo_D.pdf: 12716637 bytes, checksum: 79131dc23b1f9de6e4d77299eeff6973 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Poucos estudos têm analisado os efeitos da convecção no líquido interdendrítico, bem como a influência da direção de crescimento em relação à gravidade nas variáveis térmicas e estruturais durante a solidificação. Neste trabalho, foi utilizado um dispositivo de solidificação unidirecional vertical descendente, constituído por uma lingoteira de aço inoxidável com diâmetro interno de 60 mm, 157 mm de comprimento e 9 mm de espessura. Na parte superior, foi posicionada uma câmara de refrigeração a água do mesmo material do molde e com espessura útil de 3,0 mm. Após a obtenção dos lingotes e registrados os respectivos perfis térmicos experimentais, foram determinadas as variáveis térmicas de solidificação: coeficiente de transferência de calor metal/molde, velocidades de deslocamento da isoterma liquidus, gradientes térmicos e taxas de resfriamento para a solidificação unidirecional descendente de ligas hipoeutéticas do sistema Sn-Pb (Sn5%Pb, Sn15%Pb e Sn20%Pb). Estas variáveis térmicas são confrontadas com as previsões teóricas de um modelo numérico de solidificação e, em seguida, correlacionadas com os parâmetros estruturais: espaçamentos dendríticos primários, secundários e transição colunar/equiaxial (TCE). Dessa forma, são determinadas equações experimentais de crescimento para a solidificação descendente e verificado um critério de previsão da TCE. Realiza-se também uma análise comparativa dos presentes resultados com aqueles obtidos para solidificação vertical ascendente de ligas de mesma composição. Os resultados comparativos mostram que o efeito convectivo estimula a ocorrência da TCE e ainda é responsável por uma sensível redução dos espaçamentos dendríticos primários. As previsões teóricas de modelos de crescimento dendrítico representativos da literatura são confrontadas com os resultados experimentais / Abstract: Only a few studies have reported influences of interdendritic convection and growth direction on dendrite arm spacings. A downward directional solidification apparatus was used having a stainless steel split mold with an internal diameter of 60 mm, height 157 mm and a 9 mm wall thickness. The upper part of the split mold was closed with a water-cooling chamber made of stainless steel, with a wall thiclmess of 3 mm. A combined theoretical and experimental approach is developed to quantitatively determine the solidification thermal parameters: transient heat transfer coefficients, tip growth rates, thermal gradients and cooling rates during downward unsteady state solidification ofhypoeutectic Sn-Pb alloys. The resulting thermosolutal convection can start in the melt both within the interdendritic region and ahead of the dendrite array. The experimental results have shown that melt convection may be causing pileup of fractioned dendritic arms, which must stimulate the CET occurrence. The results have supported a criterion recently proposed based on a critical tip cooling rate. For upward unidirectional condition this critical value was found to be about 0.014 K/s for hypoeutectic Sn-Pb alloys. In the present study, in conditions of downward solidification, melt convection seems to favor the structural transition, which is anticipated and occurs for a critical cooling rate of about 0.03 K/s, for any of three hypoeutectic alloys experimentally examined. Primary dendritic arm spacings have been affected by the direction of growth, decreasing in conditions of downward vertical solidification when compared with those grown vertically upwards. The main predictive theoretical models for dendritic spacings are compared with the experimental observations / Doutorado / Materiais e Processos de Fabricação / Doutor em Engenharia Mecânica

Depuis leur découverte, un travail de recherche important a été développé sur la production, la structure, la microstructure, les propriétés et les applications des alliages métalliques amorphes. Cependant, la question de ce qui est entendu exactement par le terme « amorphe » n’est pas considérée dans la majorité des études publiées. Or, il n’existe pas de verres réels représentant un désordre parfait comme il n’existe pas de cristaux réels avec une structure parfaitement ordonnée. Il est difficile de donner une définition précise sans donner les limites d’échelle et la technique de détection de cette non-cristallinité. L’étude est une interrogation, pour un alliage particulier, sur le terme « amorphe » en fonction de l’échelle et de la technique. Cette étude comporte une analyse des conditions de préparation d’échantillons amorphes de mêmes compositions. Des techniques complémentaires de détection de leurs différences, en particulier à l’échelle de la structure et de la microstructure ont été utilisées. Des échantillons Pd82Si18 d’épaisseurs différentes ont été produits par solidification ultra rapide sur roue, avec différents paramètres, tels que la vitesse de rotation de la roue, la pression du gaz d’éjection, les dimensions de l’orifice d’éjection, la température de trempe et l’existence ou non d’un traitement thermique du liquide avant la trempe, etc. Les échantillons ont été ensuite analysés avec plusieurs techniques, telles que la diffraction des rayons X et des neutrons, la diffusion des neutrons aux petits angles, la microscopie électronique à transmission, la calorimétrie, les essais mécaniques, la fractographie par microscopie électronique à balayage / Since their discovery, an important research work has been developed on the production, the structure, the microstructure, the properties and the applications of amorphous metallic alloys. However, the question of what is exactly meant by the term “amorphous” is not considered in most of the reported studies. As a matter of fact, there exist no real glasses representing a perfect disorder, as there exist no real crystals with a perfectly ordered structure. It is thus difficult to give a precise definition without giving the limitations in scale and in detection of this non-crystallinity. The aim the study is an interrogation, in the case of a specific alloy, on the term “amorphous” as a function of the two directions of reference given above (the scale and the technique). This study thus contains an analysis of the conditions of synthesis of amorphous samples of similar compositions. Furthermore, complementary detection techniques of their differences at the scale of the structure and microstructure have been used. Samples of Pd82Si18 of different thickness have been produced by melt-spinning with different parameters, such as the rotation speed of the wheel, the pressure of the gas, the dimensions of the nozzle, the quenching temperature and the existence or not of a heat treatment of the melt before quench. The samples have been analysed by various techniques such as diffraction of standard X rays and of neutrons, small angle neutrons scattering, transmission electron microscopy, calorimetry, mechanical tests and fractography by scanning electron microscopy

Les alliages métalliques complexes (CMAs) sont des composés intermétalliques dont la structure cristallographique diffère des alliages habituels par le nombre conséquent d'atomes dans la cellule unitaire et par l'occurrence d'agrégats de haute symétrie comme briques élémentaires. La structure spécifique des CMAs leur confère des propriétés physico-chimiques originales par rapport aux alliages métalliques plus classiques, en particulier ce qui concerne les propriétés de surface. L'objet de cette thèse est la détermination de la structure atomique et électronique de surfaces d'alliages métalliques complexes à base d'aluminium et cobalt par des méthodes de calcul ab initio basées sur la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité. Plusieurs alliages de complexités différentes ont été considérés : Al5Co2, Al9Co2 et o-Al13Co4. Les résultats des calculs réalisés dans ce travail sont confrontés aux données expérimentales.Le manuscrit comporte trois parties. La première partie porte sur les méthodes numériques utilisées. La deuxième partie porte sur l'étude des surfaces nues. Un modèle structural est proposé pour la terminaison des surfaces (001) de Al9Co2 et (100) de o-Al13Co4, qui consiste en un plan dense, riche en aluminium, obtenu par troncature du système massif. Ce résultat est en bon accord avec ce qui a été observé dans le cas des quasicristaux, qui sont un cas particulier de CMAs. Cette étude montre également que pour toutes les surfaces étudiées, la présence d'atomes de cobalt en surface est défavorable. La nature quasi covalente de certaines liaisons présentes dans les CMAs étudiés joue également un rôle fondamental dans la sélection du plan de surface.La troisième partie de ce travail porte sur l'étude de l'adsorption de plomb et d'oxygène atomique sur les surfaces (001) de Al9Co2 et (100) de o-Al13Co4. L'étude réalisée révèle que les atomes de cobalt en surface et en sous-surface exercent une influence sur la détermination des sites d'adsorption préférentiels. La relaxation des atomes du substrat est importante dans le cas de l'adsorption d'oxygène atomique. Les distances Al-O calculées correspondent aux distances typiques d'adsorption d'oxygène atomique à la surface (111)Al, ainsi qu'aux distances Al-O dans l'oxyde Al2O3. Dans le cas de l'adsorption de plomb sur (100)o-Al13Co4, les premières étapes vers la formation d'un film pseudomorphique ont été simulées / Complex metallic alloys (CMAs) are intermetallic compounds whose crystal structure differs from the usual alloys by the number of atoms in the unit cell and the occurrence of high symmetry aggregates as building blocks. The specific structure of CMAs gives them unique physical and chemical properties compared to more conventional metallic alloys, particularly with regard to surface properties.The overall goal of this thesis is the determination of the atomic and electronic surface structure of alumnium-cobalt based complex metal alloys using ab initio calculation methods based on the density functional theory. Several alloys of different complexity were considered: Al5Co2, Al9Co2 and o-Al13Co4. The calculation results of this work are confronted with experimental data.The present manuscript contains three parts. The first part deals with numerical methods. The second part deals with the study of clean surfaces. A structural model is proposed for the termination of the (001)Al9Co2 and (100)o-Al13Co4 surfaces, which consist in a dense aluminum rich plan obtained by bulk truncation. This result is in good agreement with what is observed in the case of quasicrystals – a special case of CMAs. This study also shows that for all surfaces studied, the presence of cobalt atoms on the surface is unfavoured. The quasi-covalent bonds present in the studied CMAs plays a fundamental role in the selection of the surface plane.The third part of this work deals with the adsorption of lead and oxygen atoms on the (001)Al9Co2 and (100)o-Al13Co4 surfaces. The study reveals that the surface and subsurface cobalt atoms influence on the determination of the preferential adsorption sites. The substrate atomic relaxation is important in the case of atomic oxygen adsorption. The calculated Al-O distances correspond to typical atomic oxygen adsorption distances on the (111)Al surface and with the Al-O distances in the Al2O3 oxide. In the case of atomic lead adsorption on the (100)o-Al13Co4 surface, the first step towards the formation of a pseudomorphic film was simulated

Après un chapitre d’introduction à propos des alliages métalliques complexes et leurs surfaces, le manuscrit est divisé en deux parties distinctes. La première partie (Chap.II) porte sur la détermination structurale de la surface d’ordre 2 de la phase décagonale Al-Cu-Co par LEED et STM. Les conclusions de ce chapitre indiquent (i) que la surface observée expérimentalement correspond à des terminaisons denses et riches en l’élément de plus faible énergie de surface (Al) et (ii) que la phase serait stabilisée par le terme entropique de l’énergie libre de Helmotz. Dans la deuxième partie de la thèse (Chap.III, IV et V), on applique une approche originale de science des surfaces pour résoudre un problème applicatif : l’adhérence des revêtements quasicristallins sur les substrats métalliques. On propose d’insérer une couche d’accrochage entre le revêtement et le substrat. L’alliage ?-Al4Cu9 est un bon candidat pour réaliser cette interface car il possède des propriétés structurales et électroniques intermédiaires entre un métal et un quasicristal. On élabore donc par MBE des interfaces modèles par adsorption puis recuit de Cu sur le quasicristal i-Al-Cu-Fe, puis d’Al sur Cu(111). Les expériences de photoémission, STM et LEED, ainsi que les calculs de DFT, démontrent la faisabilité d’une interface cohérente entre l’alliage de surface ?-Al4Cu9 et le Cu d’une part, et entre ?-Al4Cu9 et le quasicristal, d’autre part. Ces résultats fondamentaux sont reproduits avec succès dans le domaine applicatif, par l’élaboration de revêtements de phase ? par pulvérisation cathodique magnétron (Chap.V) / After an introductive chapter on complex metallic alloys and surfaces, the thesis is divided into two distinct parts. The first part (Chap.II) concerns the structural determination of the 2-fold surface of d-Al-Cu-Co quasicrystal, by using LEED and STM. The results show (i) that the experimental terraces correspond to dense and Al-rich terminations -the element with the lowest surface energy- and (ii) that this decagonal phase could be entropically stabilized. In the second part of the manuscript (Chap.III, IV and V), we apply a surface science approach to solve a technological bottleneck: the adherence of quasicrystalline coatings on metallic substrates. We propose to grow a buffer layer that would accommodate the differences between the two materials. For that purpose, the ?-Al4Cu9 phase is a good candidate as it shares electronic and structural properties with both substrate and coating. Hence, we synthesize model interfaces by using MBE, first by adsorption and annealing of Cu on the 5-f surface of i-Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystal and then in the Al on Cu(111) system. Photoemission, STM and LEED experiments, along with DFT calculations show that a coherent interface can be grown between the ?-Al4Cu9 surface alloy and both the Cu and the quasicrystal. Those fundamental results are successfully reproduced in the real world, by growing similar interfaces using magnetron sputterring (Chap.V)