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Coverage Dependence Of K Adsorption On Si(100)—2× 1 By Core-Level Photoemission, D. Mark Riffe, G. K. Wertheim, P. H. Citrin, J. E. Rowe
Coverage Dependence Of K Adsorption On Si(100)—2× 1 By Core-Level Photoemission, D. Mark Riffe, G. K. Wertheim, P. H. Citrin, J. E. Rowe
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Using core-level photoemission, a coverage-dependent transition in the adsorption of K on Si(100)2×1 is observed. Below ∼0.25 monolayers, a single adsorption is occupied, the asymmetry of the Si-dimer reconstruction is enhanced, and no more than ∼0.05e is transferred from K to Si. Above this coverage, multiple sites are occupied, the dimer configuration becomes more symmetric, and the K overlayer becomes increasingly metallic. These findings resolve a number of conflicting studies of this system.