THE STRUCTURE OF THE INDIUM-SI(111) (ROOT-7X-ROOT-3) MONOLAYER SURFACE

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作者
KRAFT, J [1 ]
SURNEV, SL [1 ]
NETZER, FP [1 ]
机构
[1] KARL FRANZENS UNIV GRAZ,INST EXPTL PHYS,A-8010 GRAZ,AUSTRIA
关键词
EPITAXY; INDIUM; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (LEED); METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; SILICON; SURFACE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ROUGHNESS; AND TOPOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(95)00516-1
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 structure of the ordered indium overlayer which forms at around one monolayer (ML) coverage at elevated temperature on Si(111)7 x 7 surfaces has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED). The surface is characterised by a \2/1 -1/2\ unit cell, designated in the following as (root 7 x root 3), but two different local atomic configurations are observed to coexist at the same sample surface in atomically resolved STM images: a quasi-hexagonal arrangement with a local coverage of exactly 1 ML, and a quasi-rectangular arrangement with a local coverage of 1.2 ML. Both surface structures are metallic and reveal a very similar electronic structure in the STS spectra. The structures are discussed in terms of a close-packed In(001)-type overlayer and a strain-induced distortion of a pseudomorphic overlayer.
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