Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5360746 Applied Surface Science 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
The interaction of cobalt atoms with silicon (1 1 1) surface has been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED). Besides the Co silicide islands, we have successfully distinguished two inequivalent Co-induced 13×13 reconstructions on Si(1 1 1) surface. Our high-resolution STM images provide some structural properties of the two different 13×13 derived phases. Both of the two phases seem to form islands with single domain. The new findings will help us to understand the early stage of Co silicide formations.
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