Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy and Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Investigations of GaTe Layered Crystal Cleavage Surface

Scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) techniques are used in combination to study the surface structure of GaTe cleavages. Two different structures, hexagonal one on macroscale and monoclinic one randomly distributed on nanoscale, are id...

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Datum:2015
Hauptverfasser: Galiy, P., Nenchuk, T., Ciszewski, A., Mazur, P., Zuber, S., Yarovets, I.
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Інститут металофізики ім. Г.В. Курдюмова НАН України 2015
Schriftenreihe:Металлофизика и новейшие технологии
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Online Zugang:http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/112254
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Zitieren:Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy and Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Investigations of GaTe Layered Crystal Cleavage Surface / P. Galiy, T. Nenchuk, A. Ciszewski, P. Mazur, S. Zuber, I. Yarovets // Металлофизика и новейшие технологии. — 2015. — Т. 37, № 6. — С. 789-801. — Бібліогр.: 9 назв. — англ.

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Zusammenfassung:Scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) techniques are used in combination to study the surface structure of GaTe cleavages. Two different structures, hexagonal one on macroscale and monoclinic one randomly distributed on nanoscale, are identified on the crystal cleavage surface. The hexagonal unit cell parameters, a=b≡4.08Å, c≡16Å, determined by STM are in a good agreement with the bulk ones and, besides, with planar parameters a, b obtained using LEED. The monoclinic unit cell parameters, a≡24Å, b≡4Å, c≡10Å, are consistent with ones of the known monoclinic modifications. LEED and STS data indicate that the GaTe surface is not flat, but is characterized by a well-developed staircase structure formed by cleavage. As concluded, the possibility of partial on nanoscale reconstruction of base hexagonal structure to the monoclinic one is directly related to the number of surface defects such as loosely arranged steps of one single Te—Ga—Ga—Te packet height.