期刊
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 496, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143583
关键词
Epitaxial growth; Self-assembled nanostructures; Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy; Density of states; Density functional theory
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资金
- Israel Science Foundation [1321/13]
Surface science techniques (STM, STS, and XPS) were combined with ab initio simulations to detect the local crystal structure and chemistry. Solid phase epitaxy of iron on vicinal Si(111) substrate resulted in the formation of (root 3 x root 3)R30 degrees nanoislands and (2 x 2) films of gamma-FeSi2(111). We identify these structures by comparing experimental normalized derivative conductance curves with tomographic simulated local density of states (LDOS). The thermodynamic tendency of gamma-FeSi2(111) towards Si rich surfaces is manifested in Si rich termination layers and reconstructions. We show that a weighted average of the LDOS from the Fe layer and the reconstruction layer can explain the main states in the normalized derivative conductance curves, enabling in-situ identification of crystal structure and composition of epitaxial deposits.
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