Scanning tunneling microscope observations of Si(111)3 × 1-Ag and 6 × 1-Ag structures

Autor: Yasuyuki Ohba, Itsuo Katayama, Hideaki Ohnishi, Yasuji Yamamoto, Kenjiro Oura
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science. :444-448
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4332(94)90256-9
Popis: Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we have studied the Si(111)3 × 1-Ag and 6 × 1-Ag structures. The 3 × 1-Ag structure has been observed to consist of a bright row and two small protrusions. The bright row points in the 1 10> directions, and the protrusions incline about 10° from the 2 > directions, resulting to point in the diagonal directions of the 3 × 1 unit meshes. We found that the 6 × 1-Ag structure consists of alternative arrangements of two kinds of 3 × 1-Ag structures of which the protrusions incline about +10° and −10° from the 2 > directions, respectively. Possible structural models for the 3 × 1-Ag and 6 × 1-Ag are proposed, based on the present STM results.
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