X-ray characterization of as-deposited, epitaxial films of Bi(012) on Au(111)

Electrocrystallization of Bi on Au(111) in an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid

“…A similar growth behavior has been observed by Morin and her co-workers in aqueous HClO 4 solution [11,12]. They reported that the unit cell is nearly rectangular, with dimensions of 3.9 ± 0.1 and 4.3 ± 0.1 nm, by atomic resolution images of the Bi OPD layer.…”

“…Among various methods, electrodeposition was shown to be a suitable way to prepare Bi thin films and nanostructures [7][8][9][10][11][12]. For example, Morin and co-workers produced epitaxial single-crystal films of Bi on Au(1 1 1) [11,12]. In addition, the adlayer structure of Bi on Au(1 1 1) in HClO 4 solution was determined by Gewirth and co-workers using in situ AFM, STM, and SXS.…”

Growth of well-aligned Bi nanowire on Ag(111)

“…1(d). Recently, Jeffrey et al [24] have investigated the structure of Bi(1 1 0) thin film electrodeposited on Au(1 1 1). A relationship with Bi½1 1 0jjAu½1 1 0 ð7ja Bi½1 10 j ¼ 11ja Au½1 1 0 jÞ and Bi½001jjAu½112 ð20ja Bi½0 0 1 j ¼ 19ja Au½1 1 2 jÞ was also determined based on X-ray data and STM observation.…”

Controlling the growth of Bi(110) and Bi(111) films on an insulating substrate

“…This choice of substrate is also very beneficial for practical applications, as the interface between film and insulating substrate, expected to reveal topological states, will also be protected from influencing oxidation effects arising from ambient exposure in technological applications [19]. The growth of Bi has been extensively studied on Si(111) [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] and HOPG [13,[30][31][32] as well as other surfaces [3,4,12,[33][34][35][36][37][38], resulting in fabrication of films with a range of different morphologies, orientations, and strain. The fabrication of Bi films has attracted considerable interest in recent years, as their controlled growth, with focus on morphology and crystallographic orientation, on semiconductor and oxide surfaces is not a trivial task.…”