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Image of surface reconstruction on a clean Au(100) surface, as visualized using scanning tunneling microscopy. The individual atoms composing the material are visible. Surface reconstruction causes the surface atoms to deviate from the bulk crystal structure, and arrange in columns several atoms wide with regularly-spaced pits between them.

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Atomically resolved STM image of clean Au(100). This image is made with an Omikron Low Temperature STM by Erwin Rossen, Technical University Eindhoven, 2006. Parameters: p < 10^-11 mbar, T = 77 K, I_setpoint = 6 nA, V_bias = 1 mV, Au(100) surface is Ar sputtered (1.5 kV, 30 minutes) and annealed (500 °C, 30 minutes).

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(del) (cur) 09:54, 2 February 2007 . . Erwinrossen (Talk | contribs) . . 500×500 (39,232 bytes) (Atomically resolved STM image of clean Au(100). This image is made with an Omikron Low Temperature STM by Erwin Rossen, Technical University Eindhoven, 2006. Parameters: p<1e-11 mbar, T=77 K, I_setpoint=6 nA, V_bias=1 mV, Au(100) surface is Ar sputtered ()