TY - JOUR
T1 - Stability of surface steps on β-ET2I3 surfaces and removal of molecules by an STM tip
AU - Hashimoto, Katsushi
AU - Nakayama, Tomonobu
AU - Yoshimoto, Noriyuki
AU - Yoshizawa, Masahito
AU - Hara, Masahiko
AU - Aono, Masakazu
AU - Yamaguchi, Ichirou
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - We have observed, using the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), that molecules at the β-(ET)2I3 (001) surface are removed by scanning the STM tip. Such removal of the molecules is followed by a systematic change in the directions and the structures of the surface steps. We discuss the stability of the observed steps, based on the molecular arrangement on (001) surfaces terminated by I3 and ET layers. Both the change of the surface steps and the STM images successively recorded at the same area indicate that the I3 and ET layers are alternately removed by the STM tip.
AB - We have observed, using the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), that molecules at the β-(ET)2I3 (001) surface are removed by scanning the STM tip. Such removal of the molecules is followed by a systematic change in the directions and the structures of the surface steps. We discuss the stability of the observed steps, based on the molecular arrangement on (001) surfaces terminated by I3 and ET layers. Both the change of the surface steps and the STM images successively recorded at the same area indicate that the I3 and ET layers are alternately removed by the STM tip.
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U2 - 10.3131/jvsj.42.245
DO - 10.3131/jvsj.42.245
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032673840
SN - 0559-8516
VL - 42
SP - 245
EP - 248
JO - Shinku/Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan
JF - Shinku/Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan
IS - 3
ER -