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Atomically resolved edges and kinks of NaCl islands on Cu(111) : experiment and theory
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 171178
Author(s) Bennewitz, R; Foster, AS; Kantorovich, LN; Bammerlin, M; Loppacher, C; Schar, S; Guggisberg, M; Meyer, E; Shluger, AL
Author(s) at UniBasel Meyer, Ernst
Year 2000
Title Atomically resolved edges and kinks of NaCl islands on Cu(111) : experiment and theory
Journal Physical Review B
Volume 62
Number 3
Pages / Article-Number 2074-2084
Abstract

Atomically resolved dynamic force microscopy (DFM) images of step and kink sites of NaCl films grown on the Cu(111) surface are presented. Combining experimental results with an atomistic modeling of DFM imaging, we study the mechanism of contrast formation and extract more information about the tip and NaCl film structure. The experimental results and theoretical modeling systematically demonstrate the enhanced interaction of step and kink sites of one kind with the tip. This is explained by the enhanced gradient of the electrostatic potential at low-coordinated surface sites, and considerable displacements of the step edge and kink atoms from their sites due to the interaction with the tip upon approach. The theoretical analysis predicts that the silicon tip is effectively an insulator, and that the NaCl island cannot be thicker than two monolayers. We discuss the shape and chemical structure of the tip and the mechanism of damping during DFM imaging.

Publisher American Institute of Physics
ISSN/ISBN 0163-1829
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5262156
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.2074
ISI-Number WOS:000088335600102
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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