Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 1357–1365, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.137
epitaxially grown on Ag(111) were obtained using insituRamanspectroscopy. Due to the obvious 2D nature of various epitaxial silicene structures, their fingerprints consist of similar sets of Raman modes. The reduced phase diagram also includes other Si phases, such as amorphous and crystalline silicon
method, highly sensitive to the structural properties of the materials [21][22]. The first results on 2D Si structures, obtained using insituRamanspectroscopy, conclusively confirmed the 2D nature of epitaxial (3×3)/(4×4) silicene and demonstrated an easy access to its chemical and physical properties
presence of 2D Si layers on Ag(111).
Conclusion
We performed a comprehensive spectroscopic study of the silicene-related superstructures epitaxially grown on the Ag(111) surface by insituRamanspectroscopy. The structural differences between the silicene-related phases, consistent with the scanning
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(a) STM topographic images (Ubias = −1.0 V, I = 1.08 nA) and corresponding low-energy electron diff...