title: New structural model for the si(331)-(12x1) surface reconstruction.
abstract: A new structural model for the Si(331)-(12x1) surface reconstruction is proposed. Based on scanning tunneling microscopy images of unprecedented resolution, low-energy electron diffraction data, and first-principles total-energy calculations, we demonstrate that the reconstructed Si(331) surface shares the same elementary building blocks as the Si(110)-(16x2) surface, establishing the pentamer as a universal building block for complex silicon surface reconstructions.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Corsin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gaál-Nagy
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monney
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Didiot
authors.forename: Eike Fabian
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Schwier
authors.forename: Michael Gunnar
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onida
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aebi