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
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.