title: Nucleation and temperature-driven phase transitions of silicene superstructures on Ag(1 1 1).
abstract: Silicene grown on Ag(1 1 1) is characterized by several critical parameters. Among them, the substrate temperature plays a key role in determining the morphology during growth. However, an unexpected important role is also equally played by the post-deposition annealing temperature which determines the self-organization of silicene domains even in the submonolayer coverage regime and consecutive transitions between silicene with different periodicity. These temperature-driven phase transitions can be exploited to select the desired majority silicene phase, thus allowing for the manipulation of silicene properties.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio MDM, IMM-CNR, via C. Olivetti 2, I-20864 Agrate Brianza (MB), Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grazianetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiappe
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cinquanta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fanciulli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molle