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| Pages (from-to) | 264004- |
| Journal | Journal of physics: Condensed matter |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 26 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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- METIS-266598
- IR-72804
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Atomic seesaws. / van Houselt, Arie; Poelsema, Bene; Zandvliet, Henricus J.W.
In: Journal of physics: Condensed matter, Vol. 22, No. 26, 2010, p. 264004-.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomic seesaws
AU - van Houselt, Arie
AU - Poelsema, Bene
AU - Zandvliet, Henricus J.W.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The dynamics of two types of atomic seesaws are studied by open feedback loop scanning tunneling microscopy. The first type of atomic seesaw is a regular Ge dimer of the dimer reconstructed Ge(001) surface and the second type of atomic seesaw is a dimer located on the ridges of Au induced nanowires on a Ge(001) surface. On the bare Ge(001) surface the flip-flop motion of the dimers is induced by phasons, which perform a one-dimensional random walk along the substrate dimer rows. The phasons on the Au induced nanowires ridges are pinned and therefore only a limited number of dimers exhibit flip-flop behavior for the Au/Ge(001) system.
AB - The dynamics of two types of atomic seesaws are studied by open feedback loop scanning tunneling microscopy. The first type of atomic seesaw is a regular Ge dimer of the dimer reconstructed Ge(001) surface and the second type of atomic seesaw is a dimer located on the ridges of Au induced nanowires on a Ge(001) surface. On the bare Ge(001) surface the flip-flop motion of the dimers is induced by phasons, which perform a one-dimensional random walk along the substrate dimer rows. The phasons on the Au induced nanowires ridges are pinned and therefore only a limited number of dimers exhibit flip-flop behavior for the Au/Ge(001) system.
KW - METIS-266598
KW - IR-72804
U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/22/26/264004
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/22/26/264004
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 264004-
JO - Journal of physics: Condensed matter
JF - Journal of physics: Condensed matter
SN - 0953-8984
IS - 26
ER -