Physical Review Letters · 1983 · 1.9K citations · 16 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsCrystal StructureSurface ScienceCrystallographyElectron DiffractionScanning Probe MicroscopySurface CrystallographySurface PhysicsUnit CellsScanning Tunneling SpectroscopySilicon Surface ReconstructionUnit Cell DeterminationUnit Cell GeometryUnit Cell Parameters
The 7 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} 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.
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