SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY OF THE (331) FACETS ON THE VICINAL SI(111) SURFACE

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TANAKA, H
WATANABE, Y
SUMITA, I
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10.1016/0169-4332(92)90462-7
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we reveal the atomic structure of step bunches on vicinal Si(111) misoriented towards [112BAR] by 4-degrees. Clusters of steps, consisting of more than ten atomic layers, are observed to form (331) facets, where a periodic structure is found. Each bump of the structure is larger than that of an adatom of Si(111)7 x 7, showing 6 x 3 reconstruction. We propose a model of 6 x 3 describing this corrugation as a trimer of adatoms to discuss the reduced dangling bonds and the asymmetric structure.
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