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ArticleACS nano2026

Revealing the Atomic Structure of Blue Phosphorus Phases on Au(111) with Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy.

Outhmane Chahib, Alberto Verdini, Zhenyu Li, Abdelkader Kara, Simone Del Puppo, Maria Peressi, Ernst Meyer, Rémy Pawlak

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Outhmane ChahibDepartment of Physics, WSS Research Center for Molecular Quantum Systems, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, Basel 4056, Switzerland.
Alberto VerdiniCNR─Instituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), S.S. 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste 34129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8880-2080
Zhenyu LiState Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2112-9834
Abdelkader KaraDepartment of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1445-1315
Simone Del PuppoPhysics Department, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, Trieste 34127, Italy.
Maria PeressiPhysics Department, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, Trieste 34127, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6142-776X
Ernst MeyerDepartment of Physics, WSS Research Center for Molecular Quantum Systems, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, Basel 4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6385-3412
Rémy PawlakDepartment of Physics, WSS Research Center for Molecular Quantum Systems, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, Basel 4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8295-7241

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Abstract

Blue phosphorene (BlueP), a two-dimensional phosphorus allotrope with a buckled honeycomb lattice, has attracted significant interest for its semiconducting properties that extend beyond graphene. Yet, its growth on Au(111) remains debated, with structural phases highly discussed due to the possible incorporation of substrate adatoms into the phosphorus adlayer. Here, we present a general methodology combining noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) and force spectroscopy to unambiguously discriminate between competing structural models of BlueP/Au(111) obtained by density functional theory (DFT). Each phosphorus phase is resolved at the atomic scale by nc-AFM imaging, while site-dependent force spectroscopy probes local atomic corrugations within the structure. Comparison with probe-particle simulations using DFT coordinates reveals that all structural phases on Au(111) consist of an assembly of BlueP

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atomic structureblue-phosphorusdensity functional theoryforce spectroscopynoncontact atomic force microscopy

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