Abstract
Several examples are known in which massive arrays of metal atomic chains are formed on semiconductor surfaces that show quasi-one-dimensional electronic structures. Here, Au chains on Si(557) and Si(553), and In chains on Si(111) surfaces are introduced and discussed with experimental data of scanning tunneling microscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and electrical conductance measurements. They show quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surfaces and parabolic band dispersion along the wires. All of them exhibit metal-insulator transitions and charge-density wave formation due to Peierls instability of the metallic chains. The electrical conductivity, however, reveals the metal-insulator transition only on the less-defective surfaces, while a defective surface does not. The importance of atomic-scale defects on quasi-one-dimensional systems is demonstrated by showing the dramatic decrease of conductivity along the metallic wires with increase of the defect density.
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