Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 50, Numéro C7, Octobre 1989
X-ray and Neutron Scattering from Surfaces and Thin Films
Proceedings of the International Conference on Surface and Thin Film studies using Glancing-Incidence X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Page(s) C7-175 - C7-179
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1989717
X-ray and Neutron Scattering from Surfaces and Thin Films
Proceedings of the International Conference on Surface and Thin Film studies using Glancing-Incidence X-ray and Neutron Scattering

J. Phys. Colloques 50 (1989) C7-175-C7-179

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1989717

INVESTIGATION OF THE Au/Si (111) SURFACE STRUCTURES BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION

R. FEIDENHANS'L1, F. GREY2, J. BOHR1, M. NIELSEN1 et R.L. JOHNSON2

1  Risø National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
2  II Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, D-2000 Hamburg 52, F.R.G.


Résumé
Nous avons étudié des structures "5x1" et √3x√3 R 30° de Si(111) induites par adsorption d'or dans le domaine de la sous-monocouche. Nous avons respectivement mesuré 52 et 13 intensités de taches de diffraction non équivalentes. Les fonctions de Patterson montrent qu'aucune des structures proposées jusqu'à présent n'est valable. L'analyse de nos résultats montre que la structure √3x√3 correspond à un modèle trimère, tandis que celle en "5x1" est en fait une structure 5x2 désordonnée qui contient 2 atomes d'or par sous-réseau 5x1.


Abstract
We have investigated the "5x1" and √3x√3R30° structures of Si(111) induced by adsorption of Au in the submonolayer regime. 52 and 13 symmetry-inequivalent structure factor intensities for reflections with fractional indices were measured for the "5x1" and the √3x√3 structures, respectively. Contour maps of the Patterson (autocorrelation) function show that in none of the structures are the Au-atoms situated on high-symmetry lattice sites, contrary to recently proposed models. A trimer model is deduced for the √3x√3 structure, whereas the "5x1" actually is a disordered 5x2 structure. We propose a model with two Au atoms per 5x1 subunit for this structure.