Abstract
The effect of sulfur adsorption on the step structure of vicinal Mo(100) surfaces has been studied with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED). STM was used for low densities of steps on a nominally flat (100) surface. LEED was used to study the more highly and regularly stepped (910), (911), and (28,4,1) oriented surfaces. Steps and the sulfur adsorbate were found to have a strong interaction. The presence and orientation of steps on the surface governed the formation of ordered domains of sulfur, and sulfur modified the structure of the steps on the surface. Both techniques show that monatomic steps predominate on the clean surfaces. When sulfur was adsorbed on the surfaces, however, steps coalesced to form groups of steps, double atomic height steps, and multiple height steps, depending on sulfur coverage and initial step density. The results are discussed in the framework of the theory of equilibrium crystal shape and provide information on how the Mo step-step interactions are affected by sulfur adsorption.
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