  The formation of a Ag stabilized regular step lattice on vicinal Si(111)
miscut towards [11-2] is reported. The step bunching characteristic of the
clean surface is prevented by a single-domain Si(111)-(3x1)-Ag reconstruction.
The nanostructured surface is used as a template for growing one-dimensional
arrays of 1 nm sized Ag quantum dots with a preferential spacing of 1.5 nm
along the rows.
