Abstract
Using scanning tunneling microscopy, effects produced by adsorption of less than 0.1 monolayer of Mn on Au/Si(111) reconstructions have been studied. It has been found that small amounts of Mn eliminate the original 5 × 2-Au and α − 3 × 3 -Au reconstructions and initiate formation of new ordered structures 8 × 2, 10 × 2, and 2 21 × 2 21 R ± 10.9 ∘ , which are essentially the Au/Si(111) reconstructions with dilute Mn. The Mn concentration in these structures is as small as one or two Mn atoms per unit cell, i.e., it varies from 0.012 to 0.1 ML of Mn. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy has demonstrated that the 2 21 × 2 21 is plausibly metallic, while the 8 × 2 and 10 × 2 are semiconducting. The latter reconstructions can be considered as possible prototypes for the low-dimensional dilute magnetic semiconductors.
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