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  • Materials Science
  • Solid State Physics

Background:

  • Alkali halides commonly exhibit rock-salt crystal structures.
  • Previous studies have not reported alternative structures for RbI on metal surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the surface structure of Rubidium Iodide (RbI) deposited on Silver (Ag)(111).
  • To explore the influence of interfacial charge transfer on RbI crystal structure formation.

Main Methods:

  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) was employed to study RbI islands on Ag(111).
  • Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were performed to analyze interfacial interactions.

Main Results:

  • At low coverages, RbI formed hexagonally coordinated islands, deviating from the expected rock-salt structure.
  • At near-monolayer coverage, both hexagonal and square-coordinated (rock-salt-like) RbI phases coexisted.
  • DFT calculations revealed that interfacial charge transfer dictates RbI structure and is affected by local coordination.

Conclusions:

  • RbI can adopt non-rock-salt hexagonal structures on Ag(111) surfaces.
  • Interfacial charge transfer plays a critical role in determining the observed RbI structures.
  • Local atomic coordination influences the RbI-Ag charge-transfer dynamics.