WAVE-FUNCTION IMAGING OF THE PBS(001) SURFACE WITH SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY

Authors
ETTEMA ARHF HAAS C MORIARTY P HUGHES G
Citation
Arhf. Ettema et al., WAVE-FUNCTION IMAGING OF THE PBS(001) SURFACE WITH SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY, Surface science, 287, 1993, pp. 1106-1111
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
287
Year of publication
1993
Part
B
Pages
1106 - 1111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1993)287:<1106:WIOTPS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
With scanning tunneling microscopy in air a large corrugation was obse rved for the PbS(001) surface when using a small positive tip bias vol tage. The observed periodicity of this corrugation does not correspond to the crystallographic periodicity, but rather to the periodicity of the wave function at a maximum of the valence band. This effect can b e explained in terms of a charge density wave distortion at the surfac e of the crystal.