Scanning-tunneling-microscopy study of the Au(334) surface in air
- 15 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 35 (6) , 3036-3038
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.35.3036
Abstract
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.Keywords
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