Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5366992 | Applied Surface Science | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We report the formation of an ordered two-dimensional gold-silicon (Au/Si) alloy by deposition of a sub-monolayer of Si onto Au(1 1 1). Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) images show that at room temperature the Au/Si alloy consists of parallel rows with row-spacing 0.47 nm. These rows appear to float on Au(1 1 1) in bundles. Each bundle of rows can bend quite freely forming arches of arbitrary curvature. By annealing to 300 °C in ultra-high vacuum, the alloy changes its structure by forming straight rows with row spacing 0.35 nm.
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Authors
Lin Tang, Fangsen Li, Quanmin Guo,