Surface Self-Organization Caused by Dislocation Networks | Zendy

Konrad Thürmer | Zendy; R. Q. Hwang | Zendy; N. C. Bartelt | Zendy

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Surface Self-Organization Caused by Dislocation Networks

Author(s) -

Konrad Thürmer,

R. Q. Hwang,

N. C. Bartelt

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1120224

Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , monolayer , dislocation , materials science , chemical physics , surface (topology) , condensed matter physics , thermal stability , crystallography , quantum tunnelling , nanotechnology , chemistry , optoelectronics , composite material , physics , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry

We report a new mechanism of self-organization that can lead to robust surface ordering. We have quantitatively analyzed the thermal motion of holes created by sulfur atoms in a silver monolayer on a ruthenium surface, which we observed in real time with scanning tunneling microscopy. We find that the stability of the array of holes is determined by the arrangement and structure of misfit dislocations in the film.

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