A new structural model for the Si(331)-(12x1) reconstruction

Abstract

A new structural model for the Si(331)-(12x1) reconstruction is proposed. Based on scanning tunneling microscopy images of unprecedented resolution, low-energy electron diffraction data, and first-principles total-energy calculations, we demonstrate that the reconstructed Si(331) surface shares the same elementary building blocks as the Si(110)-(16x2) surface, establishing the pentamer as a universal building block for complex silicon surface reconstructions.

References in corpus (3)

• Stabilization of silicon honeycomb chains by trivalent adsorbates
• Elementary structural building blocks encountered in silicon surface reconstructions
• Ab-initio calculations of the optical properties of the Si(113)3x2ADI surface

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• Unveiling the Penta-Silicene nature of perfectly aligned single and double strand Si-nanoribbons on Ag(110)
• Structure and stability of the Si(331)-(12x1) surface reconstruction
• Elementary structural building blocks encountered in silicon surface reconstructions
• Pentagons in the Si$(331)-(12\times 1)$ surface reconstruction
• Crucial role of vibrational entropy in the Si(111)-7$\times$7 surface structure stability
• Atomic and electronic structure of the Si(331)-(12$\times$1) surface
• Scanning tunneling microscopy at multiple voltage biases of stable "ring-like" Ag clusters on Si(111)-(7$\times$7)
• A comment on "Different STM Images of the Superstructure on a Clean Si(133)-6x2 Surface" (JETP Letters 105 (8), 477-483 (2017))
• Atomically precise Si(331)-(12x1) surfaces