Mechano-chemical manipulation of Sn chains on Si(1 0 0) by NC-AFM

We investigate the atomic structure of Sn dimer chains grown on the Si(1 0 0) surface using non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) at cryogenic temperatures. We find that similar to the native Si(1 0 0) dimer structure, the ground state of the Sn dimer structure is buckled at low temperature....

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Main Authors: Sweetman, Adam, Lekkas, Ioannis, Moriarty, Philip
Format: Article
Published: IOP Publishing 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39766/