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Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Tip-Induced Reconstruction on Si(111) (3)1/2×(3)1/2 R30°-Ag Surface

Li Bin et al 2001 Chinese Phys. Lett. 18 181-183   doi: 10.1088/0256-307X/18/2/309  Help

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Li Bin1, Zeng Chang-Gan1, Wang Hai-Qian1,2, Wang Bing1 and Hou Jian-Guo1,2
1 Structure Research Laboratory,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
2 Open Laboratory of Bond Selective Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026

Abstract. The reconstruction process of the Si(111) (3)1/2×(3)1/2 R30°-Ag surface is studied by using a scanning tunnelling microscope at 78 K. By applying a strong interaction between the tip and the surface, a tip-induced reconstruction corresponding to the mergence of two Si(111) (3)1/2×(3)1/2 R30°-Ag domains is observed. Based on the inequivalent trimers (IET) model, this reconstruction process is attributed to a transition between the clockwise and counterclockwise IET domains. With this transition, the honeycomb-chained-trimer Si(111) (3)1/2×(3)1/2 R30°-Ag anti-phase boundary disappears and changes to the IET structure.

PACS numbers: 07.79.Cz, 68.35.Bs, 68.55.Jk

Print publication: Issue 2 (February 2001)
Received 8 July 2000

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