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<p>The motion of surface species within a dense layer of coadsorbates, a common case in real-world interface systems, relies on structural flexibility of the coadsorbate phase. Here, we study by video-rate scanning tunneling microscopy the lateral deformability of the pseudo-hexagonal <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(c(\sqrt{2}\times 2\sqrt{2})R4{5}^{\circ }\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mi>c</mi> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msqrt> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msqrt> <mo>×</mo> <mn>2</mn> <msqrt> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msqrt> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mi>R</mi> <mn>4</mn> <msup> <mrow> <mn>5</mn> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>∘</mo> </mrow> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-Br adlayer on Au(100). It is shown that the structural anisotropy of this adlayer phase allows strongly dynamic, uniaxial distortions via antiphase shifting of Br adsorbate rows along the [010] direction. The observed structural flexibility can be explained by rapid one-dimensional diffusion of fractional vacancies in the Br adlayer. This is supported by density functional theory calculations, which find low diffusion barriers for this process, and allows the adlayer adapting in a highly dynamic way to embedded surface species.</p>

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Uniaxial structural flexibility of an anisotropic Br adlayer structure on Au(100) electrodes revealed by video-rate STM

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    2026年5月24日

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  • Chaolong Yang,
  • Falk Wendorff,
  • Sönke Buttenschön,
  • Eckhard Pehlke,
  • Olaf M. Magnussen

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The motion of surface species within a dense layer of coadsorbates, a common case in real-world interface systems, relies on structural flexibility of the coadsorbate phase. Here, we study by video-rate scanning tunneling microscopy the lateral deformability of the pseudo-hexagonal \(c(\sqrt{2}\times 2\sqrt{2})R4{5}^{\circ }\) c ( 2 × 2 2 ) R 4 5 ∘ -Br adlayer on Au(100). It is shown that the structural anisotropy of this adlayer phase allows strongly dynamic, uniaxial distortions via antiphase shifting of Br adsorbate rows along the [010] direction. The observed structural flexibility can be explained by rapid one-dimensional diffusion of fractional vacancies in the Br adlayer. This is supported by density functional theory calculations, which find low diffusion barriers for this process, and allows the adlayer adapting in a highly dynamic way to embedded surface species.