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Surface Characterization of Clean Gd5Ge4(010)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2012

Chad D. Yuen
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011 Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
Gordon J. Miller
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011 Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
Patricia A. Thiel
Affiliation:
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011 Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Department of Material Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Abstract

Based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Gd5Ge4(010) does not show evidence of surface segregation. Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals two types of terraces which alternate laterally on the surface. From the step heights, these two surface terminations are assigned as dense, Gd-pure layers in the bulk structure. There is evidence of reconstruction on one type of terrace.

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