Scanning-tunneling-microscopy study of the Au(334) surface in air

Journal Article · Sun Feb 15 04:00:00 UTC 1987 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.35.3036· OSTI ID:6718372

Salmeron, M; Marchon, B; Ferrer, S; Kaufman, D S

High resolution images of a Au(334) surface in air have been obtained by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The surfaces were prepared in ultrahigh vacuum and produced clean Auger spectra and ordered stepped low-energy electron diffraction patterns. Exposure to air caused a small irreversible carbon contamination. The STM images in air revealed a structure of parallel steps of monatomic height grouped in domains that are several hundred angstroms wide and a few tens of angstroms high. These large domains are part of a surface that is smooth on the scale of several thousands of angstroms.

• Research Organization: Center for Advanced Materials of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
• OSTI ID: 6718372
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 35:6; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360102* -- Metals & Alloys-- Structure & Phase Studies
AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
CARBON
COHERENT SCATTERING
CONTAMINATION
CRYSTALS
DATA
DIFFRACTION
DOMAIN STRUCTURE
ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GOLD
INFORMATION
IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
METALS
MICROSCOPY
MONOCRYSTALS
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SCATTERING
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TUNNEL EFFECT
ULTRAHIGH VACUUM