STRUCTURE OF THE (SQUARE-ROOT-OF-3 X SQUARE-ROOT-OF-3)R30-DEGREES AG/SI(111) SURFACE FROM 1ST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS

被引:182
作者
DING, YG [1 ]
CHAN, CT [1 ]
HO, KM [1 ]
机构
[1] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,AMES,IA 50011
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1454
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The structure of (square-root 3 x square-root 3) Ag/Si(111) is investigated using first-principles total-energy calculations. The lowest-energy configuration consists of a top layer of Ag atoms arranged as "honeycomb chained trimers" lying above a distorted "missing-top-layer" Si(111) substrate. We find that the honeycomb structure observed in scanning-tunneling-microscope images arises from the electronic charge density of an empty surface band near the Fermi level.
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页码:1454 / 1457
页数:4
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