adatom

Definitions

An atom that lies on a crystal surface

Equivalents

Examples

“We studied silicon adatoms on the Si(100) surface.”

“An approach⟳ to help⟳ correct⟳ this involves an adcluster, consisting of an adatom (molecule) and cluster, which is "dipped" into the electron "background" of the substrate [24,25].”

“Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie⟳ within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.”

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