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Stable C-atom displacements on HOPG surface under plasma low-energy argon-ion bombardment

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Surface defects are generated by an Ar plasma on crystalline graphite. In situ scanning tunneling microscopy reveals localized defects surrounded by a R30° superstructure (Friedel’s charge oscillations) for short treatment times and long-range disordered lattices for longer treatment times. In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy C 1s core-level spectra exhibit a broadening attributed to a distribution of C atoms in inequivalent sites. As implantation of heteroatoms and formation of vacancies can be ruled out, defects are attributed to stable displaced surface carbon atoms.

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  1. Centre de Recherche sur la Matière Divisée, UMR6619 CNRS-Université d’Orléans, 45071, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    B. Rousseau  & H. Estrade-Szwarckopf

  2. Groupe de Recherches sur l’Energétique des Milieux Ionisés, UMR6606 CNRS-Université d’Orléans BP 6744, 45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    A.-L. Thomann  & P. Brault

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Rousseau , B., Estrade-Szwarckopf , H., Thomann , AL. et al. Stable C-atom displacements on HOPG surface under plasma low-energy argon-ion bombardment. Appl Phys A 77, 591–597 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-002-1538-x

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