Surface atomic reconstruction of Pt and Ir surfaces, induced by pulsed-laser heating, could be directly observed in the field ion microscope. The Ir (110) planes prepared by low temperature field evaporation could reconstruct to the (1 x 2) structure with missing rows of atoms. The Ir (001) plane could also be reconstructed, but the structure was very complicated.

Direct Observation of Surface Atomic Reconstruction by Pulsed-Laser Heating. Q.Gao, T.T.Tsong: Physics Letters A, 1986, 117[3], 132-6