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Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 120–123 (1983)

7 × 7 Reconstruction on Si(111) Resolved in Real Space

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G. Binnig, H. Rohrer, Ch. Gerber, and E. Weibel
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, 8803 Rüschlikon-ZH, Switzerland

Received 17 November 1982; published in the issue dated 10 January 1983

The 7 × 7 reconstruction on Si(111) was observed in real space by scanning tunneling microscopy. The experiment strongly favors a modified adatom model with 12 adatoms per unit cell and an inhomogeneously relaxed underlying top layer.

© 1983 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.120
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.120
PACS:
68.20.+t, 73.40.Gk