Newunit cell for the Ge(111) surface
- 15 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 23 (4), 1843-1846
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.23.1843
Abstract
The smallest unit cell consistent with electron-diffraction patterns of the 8th-order reconstructed Ge(111) surface is shown to be a cell and not the commonly assumed 2 × 8 cell. A structural model consistent with the observed electron-diffraction data is proposed.
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