FORMATION OF AN IODINE ZIGZAG CHAIN C(2X4) RECONSTRUCTION ON THE GE(111) SURFACE

Authors
GOTHELID M BJORKQVIST M KARLSSON UO FLODSTROM SA
Citation
M. Gothelid et al., FORMATION OF AN IODINE ZIGZAG CHAIN C(2X4) RECONSTRUCTION ON THE GE(111) SURFACE, Microscopy microanalysis microstructures, 5(4-6), 1994, pp. 277-282
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,Microscopy
Journal title
Microscopy microanalysis microstructures → ACNP
ISSN journal
11542799
Volume
5
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
277 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
1154-2799(1994)5:4-6<277:FOAIZC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Room temperature adsorption of I-2 on the Ge(lll) surface is found to break the initial c(2 x 8) adatom reconstruction as iodine preferentia lly occupies the on top substrate site, breaks the backbonds between t he adatom and the substrate and thus removes the Ge adatoms. As this p rocess continues a c(2 x 4), and modifications thereof, reconstruction is formed consisting of chains of I-2 molecules bound in almost T-1 s ites with a I-I bond length of 3.6 Angstrom.