RT Journal Article
T1 Structural origin of the Sn 4d core level line shape in Sn/Ge(111)-(3 x 3)
A1 Tejeda, A.
A1 Cortés, R
A1 Lobo Checa, J.
A1 Didiot, C.
A1 Kierren, B
A1 Malterre, D.
A1 Michel, E. G.
A1 Mascaraque Susunaga, Arantzazu
AB High-resolution photoemission of the Sn 4d core level of Sn/Ge(111)-(3x3) resolves three main components in the line shape, which are assigned to each of the three Sn atoms that form the unit cell. The line shape found is in agreement with an initial state picture and supports that the two down atoms are inequivalent. In full agreement with these results, scanning tunnel microscopy images directly show that the two down atoms are at slightly different heights in most of the surface, giving rise to an inequivalent-down-atoms (3x3) structure. These results solve a long-standing controversy on the interpretation of the Sn 4d core-level line shape and the structure of Sn/Ge(111)-(3x3).
PB American Physical Society
SN 0031-9007
YR 2008
FD 2008-01-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51308
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51308
LA eng
NO © 2008 The American Physical Society.We thank J. M. Rojo for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by MEC and CAM (Spain) (Grants No. FIS2006-04552, No. FIS2005-00747, and No.  and European Social Fund). Part of this work was performed at the Swiss Light Source, Villigen, Switzerland.
NO MEC (Spain)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO European Social Fund
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 abr 2025