ZHOU, YINGHUI; WU, QI-HUI; LI, SHUPING; KANG, JUNYONG - In: Surface Review and Letters (SRL) 14 (2007) 04, pp. 657-660
The initial stage of Au adsorption on the Si(111)-7 × 7 surface has been investigated by the first-principles calculations. Different configurations have been considered and the high coordination sites were determined as the most possible places for the Au adsorption. The diffusion barriers for...