| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 64, Number 3, November 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 392 - 398 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00216-4 | |
| Published online | 01 November 2003 | |
Monitoring the local atomic structure by surface states spectroscopy
Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy I B.P. 239, F-54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Received:
10
April
2003
Accepted:
22
August
2003
Combined high-resolution ARPES with STM measurements are
presented to investigate the 
interface. In the
submonolayer range, the irreversible moiré to triangular
structural transformation is revealed by the change of the surface
state energy. A transient state, seen in our ARPES measurements,
is connected to a nanoscopic pre-formed triangular area evidenced by
STM. In addition, a careful analysis of the annealing effect on a
1.6 monolayer film suggests that the presence of the second layer
limits the entrance of vacancies in the topmost 
layer
and prevents the formation of the triangular dislocation loop
pattern. These results emphasize how to use surface states as a
sensitive probe of surface and interface reconstructions from
their spectroscopic signature.
PACS: 73.20.At – Surface states, band structure, electron density of states / 79.60.-i – Photoemission and photoelectron spectra / 68.37.Ef – Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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