The Ge(110) surface has been investigated by core-level and valence band (VB) photoemission spectroscopy as a function of temperature starting from the room temperature c(8X10) reconstructed surface up to 1196 K. Evidence of a phase transition is found at about 750+/-50 K from core-level and valence band data analysis. VB photoemission shows that above 750 K the Ge(110) surface acquires increasing metallic character up to 1110 K, where a sudden, intense jump of the emission intensity at the Fermi level is observed. At higher temperatures up to 1196 K, a finite and constant density of states is observed, indicating the presence of a metallic surface layer. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Fac Ciencias Fis, Lab Ceram & Nanomat, Ap Postal 14-0149, Lima 15081, PeruLN Gumilyov Eurasian Natl Univ, Fac Nat Sci, Dept Chem, Astana 010008, Kazakhstan