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The tensile strained Si(111) layers grown on top of Ge(111) substrates are studied by combining scanning tunneling microscopy, low energy electron diffraction and first-principles calculations. It is shown that the layers exhibit c(2x4)…
Full-potential gradient corrected density functional calculations of the adsorption of potassium on the Ag(111) surface have been performed. The considered structures are Ag(111) (root 3 x root 3) R30degree-K and Ag(111) (2 x 2)-K. For the…
Electronic decoupling of graphene from metallic and semiconducting substrates via intercalation of different species is one of the widely used approaches in studies of graphene. In the present work the modification of the electronic and…
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