Double-pentagon silicon chains in a quasi-1D Si/Ag(001) surface alloy

Abstract Silicon surface alloys and silicide nanolayers are highly important as contact materials in integrated circuit devices. Here we demonstrate that the submonolayer Si/Ag(001) surface reconstruction, reported to exhibit interesting topological properties, comprises a quasi-one-dimensional Si-A...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Conor Hogan, Andrea Sette, Vasil A. Saroka, Stefano Colonna, Roberto Flammini, Laurita Florean, Romain Bernard, Laurence Masson, Geoffroy Prévot, Fabio Ronci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53589-4