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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Interaction of C with Ni(100): Atom-resolved studies of the "clock" reconstruction
Abstract
The interaction of C with Ni(100) has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The C atoms, imaged as 0.3 deep depressions consistent with theoretical predictions, are at low C coverages located in the fourfold hollow sites, causing a small radial displacement of the surrounding Ni atoms. Above a local critical coverage, C induces a disorder-order transition to a reconstruced phase, and the STM images reveal a coordinated 0.55 lateral clockwise-counterclockwise displacement of the topmost Ni atoms. A simple model for the driving force for this "clock" reconstruction is proposed. © 1993 The American Physical Society.