Asymmetric structure of germanene on an Al(111) surface studied by total-reflection high-energy positron diffraction

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作者：
Fukaya, Yuki [1 ]
Matsuda, Iwao [2 ]
Feng, Baojie [2 ]
Mochizuki, Izumi [3 ]
Hyodo, Toshio [3 ]
Shamoto, Shin-ichi [1 ]
机构：
[1] Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Adv Sci Res Ctr, 2-4 Shirakata, Naka, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778581, Japan
[3] High Energy Accelerator Res Org KEK, Inst Mat Struct Sci, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
来源：
2D MATERIALS | 2016年 / 3卷 / 03期
关键词：
germanene; Al(111); structure; total-reflection high-energy positron diffraction (TRHEPD); BEAM;
D O I：
10.1088/2053-1583/3/3/035019
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The structure of germanene on an Al(111) surface has been experimentally investigated using the total-reflection high-energy positron diffraction (TRHEPD) method. The observed spot intensities are asymmetric, revealing no mirror symmetry in the atomic coordinates of germenene with respect to the < 110 > direction. Quantitative TRHEPD rocking curve analysis, based on dynamical diffraction theory, has revealed that the germanene layer has a 3 x 3 structure with asymmetrical buckling due to the protrusion of one of the Ge atoms in the unit cell, which is unlike the structural model proposed in previous studies. The magnitude of the buckling was found to be 0.94 angstrom, and the spacing between the germanene and the Al(111) substrate to be 2.51 angstrom. The new structure proposed in the present investigations, though different from that reported in studies before, does not contradict the other characteristics which were found experimentally in the previous studies.
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