ADSORPTION-SITE DETERMINATION OF ORDERED YB ON SI(111) SURFACES

Low-energy-electron-diffraction (LEED), scanning-tunneling-microscopy (STM), and photoelectron-spectroscopy measurements have been performed on the ordered submonolayer surface reconstructions of Yb on Si(111). Two of these reconstructions, namely, 3 X 1 and 2 X 1, have been studied in detail. STM and LEED revealed that what was considered to be the 3 X 1 reconstruction is actually a 3 X 2 reconstruction. By combining STM and photoelectron-spectroscopy results from the 3 X 2 and 2 X 1 reconstructions, we conclude that the Yb atoms are adsorbed in bridge sites.
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