Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and noncontact atomic force microscopy have been used to follow the to phase transition of . Two structural intermediates with symmetry are imaged in addition to the phase and the microfacet structure which has previously been imaged with STM. The results indicate that a series of discrete bond breaking steps are involved in the transition.
- Received 9 November 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5265
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