Abstract

Using low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling micrsocopy, we found that epitaxial NaCl films grown on Ge(100) with thicknesses up to (at least) 15 monolayers can be modulated with a period of six lattice constants and an amplitude directed mainly normal to their surface. The (6×1) periodicity on the NaCl films is induced by a preadsorbed Na layer at very low coverages (Θ≈0.06), that form chain structures with a sixfold periodicity in one dimension. At 10 monolayers thickness of NaCl a modulation amplitude of 0.28 Å was obtained.

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