Scanning tunneling microscopy at multiple voltage biases of stable “ring-like” Ag clusters on Si(111)–(7 × 7)
- Mariotti, Nicolas Département de physique, Université de Fribourg and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
- Didiot, Clément Département de physique, Université de Fribourg and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
- Schwier, Eike Fabian Département de physique, Université de Fribourg and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
- Monney, Claude Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Perret-Aebi, Laure-Emmanuelle École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Microengineering (IMT), Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Battaglia, Corsin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Microengineering (IMT), Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Garnier, Michael G. Département de physique, Université de Fribourg and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
- Aebi, Philipp Département de physique, Université de Fribourg and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
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03.05.2012
Published in:
- Surface Science. - 2012, vol. 606, no. 23-24, p. 1755-1759
English
Since more than twenty years it is known that deposition of Ag onto Si(111)–(7 × 7) leads under certain conditions to the formation of so-called “ring-like” clusters, that are particularly stable among small clusters. In order to resolve their still unknown atomic structure, we performed voltage dependent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements providing interesting information about the electronic properties of clusters which are linked with their atomic structure. Based on a structural model of Au cluster on Si(111)–(7 × 7) and our STM images, we propose an atomic arrangement for the two most stable Ag “ring-like” clusters.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
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- RERO DOC 29742
- DOI 10.1016/j.susc.2012.05.002
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/302458
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