Abstract
The electronic properties of Fe islands grown on reconstructed Au(111) were investigated by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy and density-functional theory calculations. A characteristic peak measured in the electron local density of states at Fermi level indicates the presence of a nondispersive minority Fe dz2 state. The peak energy was measured to shift from occupied to unoccupied states as a function of position within Fe islands. We related this effect to the reconstruction-induced local Fe-Fe bond length variation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 153404 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - 7 Apr 2011 |