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From: Simple metal under tensile stress: layer-dependent herringbone reconstruction of thin potassium films on graphite

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(a) Constant current STM (at −2.0 V, 15 pA) image (133 nm × 133 nm) of multilayer K film on graphite; inset, the line profile of the region indicated by the line on the figure. (b) The zoomed-in STM topographic image (55.1 nm × 55.1 nm) taken from the black dashed box in (a). It was obtained by applying a derivative filter to the image. (c) Three-dimensional visualization of the STM image (27.3 nm × 27.3 nm) taken from the white dashed box in panel b. Numbers denote different domains. (d) Constant current STM (at −2.0 V, 15 pA) image (66.4 nm × 66.4 nm) of one of the second K layer islands.

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