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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 14(92), p. 143116

DOI: 10.1063/1.2908930

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Growth of atomically flat nanofilms and surface superstructures of intrinsic liquid alloys

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Abstract

Atomically flat nanofilms were formed during growth of Ga on a Si(111) surface using an In surfactant above the melting point of Ga (and In–Ga eutectic) throughout Ga coverages of 0.17 to 5 monolayers (0.17≤Θ Ga ≤5) . Unique superstructures such as a quasisquare-lattice (QS) structure at Θ Ga =3 to 4 and a 5×5 structure at Θ Ga =5 appeared as Θ Ga increased. The QS structure had Ga dimer layers similar to the square lattices of an alpha-Ga(100) plane but also maintained the 1×1 structure of Si(111). As dimer layers transformed into a monoatomic layer, QS transformed into a 5×5 structure that no longer has square features.