Scanning tunneling microscopy of an ion-bombarded PbS(001) surface

I. H. Wilson, N. J. Zheng, U. Knipping, I. S. T. Tsong

Applied Physics Letters · 1988 · 58 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Freshly cleaved (001) surfaces of single crystalline PbS were bombarded by 8 keV Kr+ ions at a dose of 3×1012 cm−2. Atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images were taken showing damaged areas due to individual ion impacts. Analysis of a STM image shows a shallow impact crater, a stacking fault, displacement of Pb2+ and S2− ions from their regular surface sites, and migration of interstitials to the surface.

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