Metal/semiconductor incommensurate structure with a rare domain configuration exhibiting p31m symmetry
Metal/semiconductor incommensurate structure with a rare domain configuration exhibiting p31m symmetry
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.61.12608
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发表时间:
2000-05-15
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Wang, YL
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作者:
Lai, MY;Wang, YL
An incommensurate overlayer structure on a Ga/Si(lll) surface, which can be identified with the 6.3 root 3 x 6.3 root 3R30 degrees superstructure observed by the electron diffraction method, has been directly observed using scanning tunneling microscopy. The domain-wall pattern of this structure consists mainly of an array of isolated triangles, in contrast to the meshlike network usually observed on an incommensurate overlayer. A particular feature of this structure is that it assumes a rare domain configuration with p31m symmetry, rather than the p3m1 symmetry of the underlying Si(lll) double layer, to relax the strain induced by its relatively high Ga coverage.