title: Unidirectional Pt silicide nanowires grown on vicinal Si(100).
abstract: We investigated the structure and electronic properties of unidirectional Pt(2)Si nanowires (NWs) grown on a Si(100)-2 degrees off surface. We found that Pt(2)Si NWs were formed along the step edges of the Si(100)-2 degrees off surface with c(4x6) reconstructions that occurred on the terraces of Si(100) using scanning tunneling microscopy and the structure of formed NWs was found to be Pt(2)Si by core-level photoemission spectroscopy. Moreover, we confirmed that the electronic band structures of the NWs along the NW direction are different from those perpendicular to the NWs and the surface state induced by the Pt(2)Si NWs was observed with a small density of state using the angle-resolved photoemission spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and School of Molecular Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Do Kyung
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Sung-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Junghun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dohyun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Da Eun
authors.initials: da E
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Sehun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yeom
authors.forename: Hangil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D010984:Platinum; D012825:Silicon; D017655:Silicon Compounds
chemical_list: D017655:Silicon Compounds; D010984:Platinum; D012825:Silicon