BIPHASE ORDERING OF IRON-OXIDE SURFACES

被引:117
作者
CONDON, NG
LEIBSLE, FM
LENNIE, AR
MURRAY, PW
VAUGHAN, DJ
THORNTON, G
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT CHEM,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT GEOL,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1961
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction have been used to study the alpha-Fe2O3(0001) surface in an ultrahigh vacuum. Our results show that this surface can be stabilized by coexisting alpha-Fe2O3(0001) and FeO(111) phases, with each phase existing in atomically well-ordered islands of mesoscopic dimensions. Furthermore, the islands themselves are arranged to form a superlattice. The formation of this superlattice can be explained in terms of the lattice mismatch between two types of oxygen sublattices.
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页码:1961 / 1964
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