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Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces

The formation of nano-islands on both a Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface and an Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface evaporated with 0.1 ML Ni was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We have noticed that at temperatures lower than 670 K, the reaction between Ni and the individual substrate surfaces...

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Autores principales: Fu, Tsu-Yi, Tomaszewska, Agnieszka, Huang, Xiao-Lan, Li, Jhen-Hao, Hsieh, Po-I, Jhou, Ming-Kuan
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Publicado: Springer 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-416
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author Fu, Tsu-Yi
Tomaszewska, Agnieszka
Huang, Xiao-Lan
Li, Jhen-Hao
Hsieh, Po-I
Jhou, Ming-Kuan
author_facet Fu, Tsu-Yi
Tomaszewska, Agnieszka
Huang, Xiao-Lan
Li, Jhen-Hao
Hsieh, Po-I
Jhou, Ming-Kuan
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description The formation of nano-islands on both a Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface and an Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface evaporated with 0.1 ML Ni was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We have noticed that at temperatures lower than 670 K, the reaction between Ni and the individual substrate surfaces proceeds to form different structures: flat-topped islands with a 2√7 × 2√7 or a 3 × 3 reconstruction on the Ni/Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface vs. islands with a 7 × 7 reconstruction on the Ni/Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface. From this we have inferred that within a temperature range between room temperature and 670 K, the intermediate Ag layer retards mixing between Ni and Ge atoms. As a result, the grown islands are composed of pure Ni atoms. Within a temperature range from 670 to 770 K, most islands produced on the Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface are identical with those formed on the Ni/Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface, suggesting that above 670 K, Ni atoms are likely to bind with Ge atoms. However, an essential difference between STM images of the surfaces under study exists in the appearance of large elongated islands on the Ni/Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface. The formation of the latter is explained in terms of a difference in energy for Ni diffusion on the Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces.
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spelling pubmed-38521042013-12-06 Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces Fu, Tsu-Yi Tomaszewska, Agnieszka Huang, Xiao-Lan Li, Jhen-Hao Hsieh, Po-I Jhou, Ming-Kuan Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express The formation of nano-islands on both a Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface and an Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface evaporated with 0.1 ML Ni was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We have noticed that at temperatures lower than 670 K, the reaction between Ni and the individual substrate surfaces proceeds to form different structures: flat-topped islands with a 2√7 × 2√7 or a 3 × 3 reconstruction on the Ni/Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface vs. islands with a 7 × 7 reconstruction on the Ni/Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface. From this we have inferred that within a temperature range between room temperature and 670 K, the intermediate Ag layer retards mixing between Ni and Ge atoms. As a result, the grown islands are composed of pure Ni atoms. Within a temperature range from 670 to 770 K, most islands produced on the Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface are identical with those formed on the Ni/Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) surface, suggesting that above 670 K, Ni atoms are likely to bind with Ge atoms. However, an essential difference between STM images of the surfaces under study exists in the appearance of large elongated islands on the Ni/Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surface. The formation of the latter is explained in terms of a difference in energy for Ni diffusion on the Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces. Springer 2013-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3852104/ /pubmed/24103192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-416 Text en Copyright © 2013 Fu et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Nano Express
Fu, Tsu-Yi
Tomaszewska, Agnieszka
Huang, Xiao-Lan
Li, Jhen-Hao
Hsieh, Po-I
Jhou, Ming-Kuan
Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title_full Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title_fullStr Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title_full_unstemmed Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title_short Nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on Ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and Ag/Ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
title_sort nickel-containing nano-sized islands grown on ge(111)-c(2 × 8) and ag/ge(111)-(√3 × √3) surfaces
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-416
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