Abstract
The epitaxial growth of Cu on Ag(111) was explored on monitoring the evolution of its surface states with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy; the chemical element on the top of Cu islands on Ag(111) with a (9 × 9) reconstruction was determined to be not Cu but Ag. Our result demonstrates a technique with which the chemical property associated with a surface state is explorable and an identification of the chemical element in the topmost layer of the surface becomes feasible.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 181601 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 6 May 2013 |