Epitaxial growth of a silicene sheet
@article{Lalmi2010EpitaxialGO, title={Epitaxial growth of a silicene sheet}, author={Boubekeur Lalmi and Hamid Oughaddou and Hanna Enriquez and Abdelkader Karae and S'ebastien Vizzini and B. Ealet and Bernard Aufray}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, year={2010}, volume={97}, pages={223109} }
Using atomic resolved scanning tunneling microscopy, we present here the experimental evidence of a silicene sheet (graphenelike structure) epitaxially grown on a close-packed silver surface [Ag(111)]. This has been achieved via direct condensation of a silicon atomic flux onto the single-crystal substrate in ultrahigh vacuum conditions. A highly ordered silicon structure, arranged within a honeycomb lattice, is synthesized and present two silicon sublattices occupying positions at different…
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