Lohmeier, M., Huisman, W.J., Ter Horst, G., Zagwijn, P.M., Nishiyama, A., Nicklin, C.L., Turner, Tracy and Vlieg, E. (1994) Atomic structure of ultrathin erbium silicides on Si(111). MRS Proceedings, 335. ISSN 1946-4274
Abstract

The atomic structure of thin epitaxial erbium suicides on Si(111) substrates has been studied in situ by means of surface X-ray diffraction and medium-energy ion scattering. In the sub-monolayer range, a two-dimensional (2D) suicide is formed within a 1 × 1 unit cell, with the Er atoms occupying T4 sites and a Si bilayer on top which is 180° rotated with respect to the bulk (5-type). Suicide layers with a thickness of 3 monolayers exhibit a regular network of Si vacancies which release the compressive strain of the graphite-like Si layers between adjacent Er layers. This results in a √3 × √3 R 30° unit cell, in which 3 out of 5 Si atoms are displaced towards the vacancy, and in which 3 Er atoms relax away from the vacancy.

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