Anomalous intralayer growth of epitaxial Si on Ag(111)

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 2401 - 7
• Main Authors: Wang, Kejian, Prévot, Geoffroy, Aqua, Jean-Noël
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.01.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/766/530/951; 639/925/357/1018; Growth models; Growth patterns; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Low temperature; Monte Carlo simulation; multidisciplinary; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Silver

The epitaxial growth of silicene has been the subject of many investigations, controversies and non-classical results. In particular, the initially promising deposition of Si on a metallic substrate such as Ag(111) has revealed unexpected growth modes where Si is inserted at the beginning of the gro...