STM STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF SURFACE-STATE ELECTRONS ON METALS WITH STEPS AND ADSORBATES

Citation
P. Avouris et al., STM STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF SURFACE-STATE ELECTRONS ON METALS WITH STEPS AND ADSORBATES, Chemical physics letters, 240(5-6), 1995, pp. 423-428
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
240
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
423 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1995)240:5-6<423:SSOTIO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies have shown that scattering of surface state electrons by steps and adsorbates leads to long-rang e oscillations in the local density-of-states (LDOS). Here we examine the nature of the states probed in the vicinity of the scatterer. We f ind that at steps, the LDOS primarily reflects the Smoluchowski charge -redistribution process. Perturbation of the surface state by the step extends more than 10 Angstrom from the step-edge and induces bulk-sur face state mixing. Unusually narrow spectra and delocalized images are observed for adsorbed sulfur on Ag(111) and are explained in terms of the electronic structure changes induced by chemisorption.