7 × 7 Reconstruction on Si(111) Resolved in Real Space

Abstract

The 7 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} 7 reconstruction on Si(111) was observed in real space by scanning tunneling microscopy. The experiment strongly favors a modified adatom model with 12 adatoms per unit cell and an inhomogeneously relaxed underlying top layer.

Keywords

Scanning tunneling microscopeSpace (punctuation)Unit (ring theory)Materials scienceQuantum tunnellingSiliconSurface reconstructionCondensed matter physicsMicroscopyPhysicsMolecular physicsNanotechnologyOpticsOptoelectronicsComputer scienceGeometrySurface (topology)Mathematics

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IBM Research - Zurich CH

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Year: 1983
Type: article
Volume: 50
Issue: 2
Pages: 120-123
Citations: 1871
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                                    G. Binnig, 
                                
                                    H. Rohrer, 
                                
                                    Ch. Gerber
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1983). 
                            7 × 7 Reconstruction on Si(111) Resolved in Real Space. 
                            Physical Review Letters
                            , 50
                            (2)
                            , 120-123.
                            https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.120
                        

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.50.120