ATOMICALLY RESOLVED SURFACE-STRUCTURE OF LAB6(100)

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OZCOMERT, JS
TRENARY, M
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[1] Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
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10.1016/0039-6028(92)90479-P
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have used scanning tunneling microscopy to obtain atomically resolved images of the lanthanum terminated LaB6(100) surface. The surface atoms are observed to occupy a square lattice with a La-La separation of 4 angstrom. A weak corrugation between La atoms is observed which is consistent with the delocalized metal-like nature of the states near the Fermi level. On a larger scale, the surface is composed of (100) terraces with an average width of 125 angstrom separated by steps one unit cell high. Approximately 10% of the La sites on the terraces are vacant.
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