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AUTHOR
N. V. Krainyukova
Low temperature structural transformations on the (001) surface of SrTiO 3 single crystals
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine under the contract M/51–2019 within the framework of the Program of Ukrainian–Latvian Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Latvian–Ukranian Grant LV-UA/2018/2. Authors are indebted to L.L. Rusevich, G. Zvejnieks, V.P. Gnezdilov and A. Glamazda for stimulating discussions.
Intrinsic nanostructures on the (001) surface of strontium titanate at low temperatures
Atomically smooth (001) surfaces of SrTiO3 cut from the high-quality single crystals at two different miscut angles 0.9 and 7.0 deg between the real flat surfaces and crystallographic planes (001) were analyzed by means of the reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) method from the room down to liquid helium temperatures. The diffraction patterns typical of the RHEED geometry close to ideal for a small miscut angle and those exhibiting distinct features of the specific periodicity associated with regular steps, which form due to the larger miscut angle, are presented. The surface symmetry and energetics were shown to impose differences in lattice parameters in parallel to a surf…