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doi:10.1007/s11467-013-0290-3

Front. Phys.

2013, Vol. 8

Issue (1) : 44-49 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-013-0290-3

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Strong localization across the metal-insulator transition at the Ag/Si(111)-(3×3)R30? interface

Yuan-Yuan Tang, Jian-Dong Guo(

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Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics & Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

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Abstract

We present the temperature dependent electrical transport measurements of Ag/Si(111)-(3×3)R30? by the in situ micro-four-point probe method integrated with scanning tunneling microscopy. The surface structure characterizations show hexagonal patterns at room temperature, which supports the inequivalent triangle (IET) model. A metal-insulator transition occurs at ~115 K.The lowtemperature transportmeasurements clearly reveal the strong localization characteristics of the insulating phase.

Keywords surface conductivity metal-insulator transition localization scanning tunneling microscopy

Corresponding Author(s): Guo Jian-Dong,Email:jdguo@iphy.ac.cn

Issue Date: 01 February 2013

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Yuan-Yuan Tang,Jian-Dong Guo. Strong localization across the metal-insulator transition at the Ag/Si(111)-(3×3)R30? interface[J]. Front. Phys. , 2013, 8(1): 44-49.

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