Whitman, L.
, Stroscio, J.
, Dragoset, R.
and Celotta, R.
(1993),
Alkali Metals on III-V (110) Semiconductor Surfaces: Overlayer Properties and Manipulation Via STM, Atomic and Nanoscale Modification of Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, Ventura, CA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620407
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Alkali Metals on III-V (110) Semiconductor Surfaces: Overlayer Properties and Manipulation Via STM
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L Whitman, , ,
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Field ion microscopists demonstrated more than twenty years ago that polarizable atoms adsorbed on a stepped surface can be induced to diffuse by an electric field due to the field gradients associated with step edges. We have exploited a similar phenomenon, the large field gradients in the vicinity of the STM tip, to induce the directional diffusion of Cs and K atoms adsorbed on room temperature GaAs(110) and InSb(110). The geometric and electronic properties of both the naturally occuring and electric field-induced alkali metal structures observed on these semiconductor surfaces are discussed, including the possibility that the alkali metal overlayers are Mott insulators.Conference Dates
August 17, 1992
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Ventura, CA, US
Conference Title
Atomic and Nanoscale Modification of Materials: Fundamentals and Applications
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