Bonding Configurations and Collective Patterns of Ge Atoms Adsorbed on Si(111)-7x7

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We report scanning tunneling microscopy observations of Ge deposited on the Si(111)-7x7 surface for a sequence of sub-monolayer coverages. We demonstrate that Ge atoms replace so-called Si adatoms. Initially, the replacements are random, but distinct patterns emerge and evolve with increasing coverage, till small islands begin to form. Corner adatom sites in the faulted half unit cells are preferred. First-principles density functional calculations find that adatom substitution competes energetically with a high-coordination bridge site, but atoms occupying the latter sites are highly mobile. Thus, the observed structures are indeed more thermodynamically stable.
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Materials Science, Other Condensed Matter, Chemical Physics, Computational Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25868

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502342
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502342
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 106101 (2005).
 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.106101

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