Fig. 1: STM topography of Pb clusters on IrTe2. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: STM topography of Pb clusters on IrTe2.

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Fig. 1: STM topography of Pb clusters on IrTe2.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a A typical IrTe2 surface decorated with Pb adatoms in the hexagonal charge order state (Vs = 1.5 V, It = 0.05 nA). Scalebar, 20 nm. b–j Various Pb clusters are observed on a single hexagon (Vs = 20 mV, It = 1 nA): b monomer (Scalebar, 1 nm), c 2a0-spaced dimer, d \(\sqrt{3}\)a0-spaced dimer, e \(\sqrt{3}\)a0-spaced trimer, f 2a0-spaced tetramer, g mixed-spacing tetramer, h 2a0-spaced pentamer, i 2a0-spaced hexamer, and j 2a0-spaced heptamer. Green solid lines and white dashed lines in b denote the Te-(1 × 1) lattice and the charge-order hexagon lattice, respectively.

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