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Steps on the (110) Surface of INP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Yong Liang ,
William E. Packard  and
John D. Dow
Yong Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1504, U.S.A. Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, U.S.A.
William E. Packard
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1504, U.S.A.
John D. Dow
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1504, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Three types of steps are observed on the cleaved InP(110) surface, using atomicresolution ultra-high vacuum (UHV) scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The step edges are oriented along the (110), (111), and (112) directions. Atomic models of monatomic-height (111) and (112) steps indicate that the edges of each of these unrelaxed steps should have pairs of dangling bonds. We propose that the bonds dimerize, causing the edges to relax and form periodic structures along the edge.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 295: Symposium W – Atomic-Scale Imaging of Surfaces and Interfaces , 1992 , 9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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