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Nonuniform electron states near cleaved bismuth surface

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Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we have detected nonuniform electron states on cleaved bismuth surfaces, which manifest themselves in the form of a random relief with a characteristic lateral size of 1–2 nm and a vertical size of a fraction of an angström. This relief is due to variations in current-voltage characteristics when the tip is moved over the sample surface. Features on the current-voltage characteristics associated with states near the surface have been observed in a voltage range of −0.4 to +0.4 V. The nonuniform states are tentatively associated with defects generated in the process of crystal cleavage.

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  1. Institute of High-Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142092, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia

    A. M. Troyanovskii

  2. P. L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117334, Moscow, Russia

    V. S. Édel’man

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 2214–2227 (June 1999)

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Troyanovskii, A.M., Édel’man, V.S. Nonuniform electron states near cleaved bismuth surface. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 1212–1220 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558913

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