title: Growth and structural properties of silicene at multilayer coverage.
abstract: At monolayer coverage, silicene on Ag(1 1 1) may present different structural phases depending on the growth conditions. At multilayer coverage, only one structural phase has been reported: the [Formula: see text] phase. However, no link between the structural arrangement of the monolayer and that of the multilayer has been addressed. In this paper, reporting experimental work based on low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy, we focus on the structural aspects of a multilayer film of silicene. We demonstrate that it exhibits one structural arrangement, namely the [Formula: see text] form, but with different domain orientations resulting from the structural properties of the initial wetting monolayer.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, PIIM UMR 7345, 13397, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Ajjouri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Lay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Angot
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D004583:Electrons; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D012834:Silver; D006108:Graphite; D012825:Silicon