Published February 15, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Anomalous flipping motions of buckled dimers on the Si(001) surface at 5 K

  • 1. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502 (Japan)
  • 2. Takayanagi Particle Surface Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 3-1-2 Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558 (Japan)

Description

We report on dynamical flipping of buckled dimers on the Si(001) surface at 5 K. A c(4x2) ordering of the buckled dimers has been observed to fluctuate at 5 K by using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The flip-flop motion of the buckled dimers on the Si(001) surface exhibits symmetrical appearance in the STM images, independent of sample bias voltages and tunneling current

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R5078;
PII
S0163-1829(00)50908-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
61
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. R5078-R5081
ISSN
1098-0121

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35071605
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
DIMERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K; TOPOGRAPHY; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; MICROSCOPY; SEMIMETALS; TEMPERATURE RANGE

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