Extrinsic Surface States
Surface states originating from clean and well ordered surfaces are usually called intrinsic. These states include states originating from reconstructed surfaces, where the two-dimensional translational symmetry gives rise to the band structure in the k space of the surface.
Extrinsic surface states are usually defined as states not originating from a clean and well ordered surface. Surfaces that are fit into the category extrinsic are :
- Surfaces with defects, where the translational symmetry of the surface is broken.
- Surfaces with adsorbates
- Interfaces between two material such as a semiconductor-oxide or semiconductor-metal interfaces
- Interfaces between solid and liquid phases.
Generally for extrinsic surface states is that they cannot easily be characterized in terms of their chemical, physical or structural properties.
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