Thesis defense of Marie Schmitz
Initially, a system with sub-monolayer platinum on a p(2 × 1) reconstructed Si(100) substrate is prepared via electron beam evaporation. At 1/6 ML Pt a low-dimensional Si-Pt silicide forms after high [...] reveals a combination of two overlapping domains described by the matrices ([10, −2]; [−1, 4]) and ([10, 2]; [1, 4]). High-resolution core-level XPS measurements of the Au 4f and Si 2p signals showed two [...] simulated using different starting structures. The best structure model reveals R-factors below 0.1 for both, Si 2p and Pt 4f signals. The unit cell of the structural arrangement contains 4 platinum atoms …
