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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Germanium terminated (1 0 0) diamond
Michael J Sear1, Alex K Schenk1, Anton Tadich1,2
1Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia.
Abstract:
An ordered germanium terminated (1 0 0) diamond surface has been formed and characterised using a combination of low energy electron diffraction and synchrotron-based core level photoemission spectroscopy. A number of preparation methods are explored, in each case inducing a two domain [Formula: see text] surface reconstruction. The surface becomes saturated with bonded germanium such that each [Formula: see text] unit cell hosts 1.26 Ge atoms on average, and possesses a negative electron affinity of -0.71 eV.
