L. Huang et al., DETERMINATION OF IODINE ADLAYER STRUCTURES ON AU(111) BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY, The Journal of chemical physics, 107(2), 1997, pp. 585-591
Chemisorbed iodine adlayers on Au(lll) films on quartz were studied us
ing scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at room temperature in air. Th
e iodine was adsorbed by successive deposition of droplets of a dilute
solution of iodine in methanol. As a function of coverage, various ad
layer structures were obtained. By changing the tunneling parameters,
either the iodine adlayer or the Au(lll) substrate can be imaged with
atomic resolution. In this way, the adlattice properties such as perio
dicity, orientation and the local absolute coverage have been characte
rized with high accuracy. In the low coverage range (theta<0.33), due
to the high mobility of iodine atoms, only the unreconstructed Au(111)
substrate lattice could be imaged. At theta similar to 0.33, a (root
3x root 3)R30 degrees structure is evident. With increasing coverage,
a (px root 3) structure of higher iodine packing density is observed,
which can be described as a uniaxially compressed (striped) phase. Fin
ally, near monolayer saturation coverage the iodine atoms form a hexag
onal moire-like pattern with long-range height modulation. The results
are compared with previous measurements on this system under UHV and
electrolyte conditions. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.