Université de Fribourg

Quasi one-dimensional Ag nanostructures on Si(331)–(12 × 1)

Mariotti, Nicolas ; Didiot, Clément ; Schwier, Eike Fabian ; Monney, Claude ; Battaglia, Corsin ; Aebi, Philipp

In: Surface Science, 2015, vol. 639, p. 39-42

We report on the deposition of sub-monolayer Ag on the Si(331)–(12 × 1) surface. The growth of one-dimensional Ag nanostructures is observed by means of low- temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction. We find that the deposited Ag is organized in nanostructures consistently taking “sawtooth” shapes. While the structures are not perfectly organized,...