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Missing-row surface reconstruction of Au(113) induced by adsorbed calcium atoms

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, P.O. Box 849, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0849 (United States) Laboratory for Surface Modification, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, P.O. Box 849, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0849 (United States)
  2. Departmento de Fisica, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso (Chile)
  3. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6057 (United States)
We report the structure of the (1{times}2) reconstruction induced by 0.1 monolayer of Ca atoms on the Au(113) surface, using medium-energy ion scattering. Our data show that the (1{times}2) surface corresponds to a missing-row-type reconstruction. Monte Carlo simulations of the experiment provide a quantitative measurement of the atomic positions at the surface. All the displacements in the surface region are such that the resulting structure smooths out the corrugation inherent in a missing-row reconstruction. We discuss the relation between this reconstruction and the energy balance between competing surface-electronic-charge densities.
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
7203675
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States) Vol. 45:24; ISSN PRBMD; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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