Fe3O4(111) termination of α-Fe2O3(0001)

N. G. Condon*, P. W. Murray, F. M. Leibsle, G. Thornton, A. R. Lennie, D. J. Vaughan

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Abstract

Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) has been used to investigate the structure formed on an α-Fe2O3(0001) substrate after argon ion bombardment and annealing in 1 × 10-6 mbar of O2 at 1000 K. The STM images recorded at positive sample bias reveal an hexagonal array, with a distance between (Fe) atoms of 6.0 ± 0.1 rA and steps in multiples of 4.8 Å. These results are consistent with formation of an Fe3O4(111) epitaxial layer terminating in a 1 4 monolayer of Fe atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L609-L613
JournalSurface Science
Volume310
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 1994

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