STM tip induced creation and annihilation of small Ge clusters and missing dimer vacancies on Ge(001)

Henricus J.W. Zandvliet; W.C.U. Wulfhekel; B.L.M. Hendriksen; B.J. Hattink; Bene Poelsema

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.57.1356

STM tip induced creation and annihilation of small Ge clusters and missing dimer vacancies on Ge(001)

Henricus J.W. Zandvliet, W.C.U. Wulfhekel, B.L.M. Hendriksen, B.J. Hattink, Bene Poelsema

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Abstract

We have observed the appearance and disappearance of small Ge clusters and missing dimer vacancies on Ge(001) during scanning with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) under standard tunneling conditions at room temperature. We claim that these processes are induced by the STM tip. Moreover, we emphasize that the observed features depend on the usage of different W tips, even if prepared following the same procedure and using the same tunneling conditions, suggesting a critical influence of the tip shape.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1356-1358
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume	1998
Issue number	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.1356
Publication status	Published - 1998

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METIS-128661
IR-73152

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STM tip induced creation and annihilation of small Ge clusters and missing dimer vacancies on Ge(001). / Zandvliet, Henricus J.W.; Wulfhekel, W.C.U.; Hendriksen, B.L.M.; Hattink, B.J.; Poelsema, Bene.

In: Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, Vol. 1998, No. 57, 1998, p. 1356-1358.

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