ONE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OBSERVED ON FE3O4(110) BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY

被引:61
作者
JANSEN, R
BRABERS, VAM
VANKEMPEN, H
机构
[1] UNIV NIJMEGEN,INST MAT RES,6525 ED NIJMEGEN,NETHERLANDS
[2] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,5600 MB EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
关键词
IRON OXIDE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (LEED); LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; MAGNETIC SURFACES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; SURFACE RELAXATION AND RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ROUGHNESS; AND TOPOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(95)00173-5
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The (110) surface of magnetite Fe3O4 single crystals was studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), A clean and regular surface was obtained after sputtering and annealing at 1200 K. This preparation procedure resulted in a one-dimensional reconstruction consisting of rows running in the (<(1)over bar10>) direction. The row spacing was found to vary on different terraces, where the most frequent row separation was determined to be 25 Angstrom. Current-versus-voltage curves display a transition from semiconducting to metallic character when the tip-sample distance is reduced. These results,together with complementary low energy electron diffraction (LEED) measurements, are compared with a bulk termination of FE(3)O(4) and the other known iron-oxide phases.
引用
收藏
页码:237 / 247
页数:11
相关论文
共 24 条
  • [1] EFFECT OF ION-BOMBARDMENT ON THE SURFACE MAGNETISM OF FE3O4
    AESCHLIMANN, M
    BONA, GL
    MEIER, F
    STAMPANONI, M
    ZAMPIERI, G
    SIEGMANN, HC
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1986, 49 (13) : 824 - 825
  • [2] FINAL-STATE EFFECTS IN 3D PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTRUM OF FE3O4 AND COMPARISON WITH FEXO
    ALVARADO, SF
    ERBUDAK, M
    MUNZ, P
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1976, 14 (07): : 2740 - 2745
  • [3] INFLUENCE OF NONSTOICHIOMETRY ON THE VERWEY TRANSITION
    ARAGON, R
    BUTTREY, DJ
    SHEPHERD, JP
    HONIG, JM
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1985, 31 (01): : 430 - 436
  • [4] MAGNETITE FE3O4(111) - SURFACE-STRUCTURE BY LEED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND ENERGETICS
    BARBIERI, A
    WEISS, W
    VANHOVE, MA
    SOMORJAI, GA
    [J]. SURFACE SCIENCE, 1994, 302 (03) : 259 - 279
  • [5] EFFECT OF ION AND ELECTRON-BOMBARDMENT ON THE AUGER-ELECTRON SURFACE SPECTRA OF WUSTITE, MAGNITITE, AND HEMATITE POWDERS
    BUCZEK, D
    SASTRI, S
    [J]. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 1980, 17 (01): : 201 - 202
  • [6] FE3O4(111) TERMINATION OF ALPHA-FE2O3(0001)
    CONDON, NG
    MURRAY, PW
    LEIBSLE, FM
    THORNTON, G
    LENNIE, AR
    VAUGHAN, DJ
    [J]. SURFACE SCIENCE, 1994, 310 (1-3) : L609 - L613
  • [7] GROWTH OF FEOX ON PT(111) STUDIED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    GALLOWAY, HC
    BENITEZ, JJ
    SALMERON, M
    [J]. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, 1994, 12 (04): : 2302 - 2307
  • [8] THE STRUCTURE OF MONOLAYER FILMS OF FEO ON PT(111)
    GALLOWAY, HC
    BENITEZ, JJ
    SALMERON, M
    [J]. SURFACE SCIENCE, 1993, 298 (01) : 127 - 133
  • [9] DETAILS OF THE ELECTRONIC SUPERSTRUCTURE OF FE3O4
    IIDA, S
    MIZUSHIMA, K
    MIZOGUCHI, M
    KOSE, K
    KATO, K
    YANAI, K
    GOTO, N
    YUMOTO, S
    [J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1982, 53 (03) : 2164 - 2166
  • [10] SURFACE-STRUCTURE OF FE3O4(110) STUDIED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    JANSEN, R
    NELISSEN, BJ
    ABRAHAM, DL
    VANKEMPEN, H
    BRABERS, VAM
    [J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 1994, 30 (06) : 4506 - 4508