• Title of article

    Irreversible structural transformation of Si(1 1 4)-2 × 1 induced by subsurface carbon

  • Author/Authors

    Duvjir، نويسنده , , Ganbat and Kim، نويسنده , , Hiding and Lee، نويسنده , , Seung Mi and Li، نويسنده , , Huiting and Dugerjav، نويسنده , , Otgonbayar and Cho، نويسنده , , Sanghee and Chiem، نويسنده , , Chu Van and Lee، نويسنده , , J.-K. and Seo، نويسنده , , Jae M. Seo، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    2312
  • To page
    2317
  • Abstract
    Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), it has been found that the reconstruction of Si(1 1 4) is transformed irreversibly from a 2 × 1 structure composed of dimer (D), rebonded atom (R), and tetramer (T) rows (phase A) to a different kind of 2 × 1 structure composed of D, T, and T rows (phase B) by C incorporation. It has been confirmed by high-resolution synchrotron core-level photoemission spectroscopy (PES) that such an irreversible structural transformation is due to stable subsurface C atoms. They induce anisotropic compressive stress on the surface, which results in insertion of Si dimers to an R row to form a T row.
  • Keywords
    Scanning tunneling microscopy , Photoelectron spectroscopy , Subsurface species , surface structure , High index single crystal surfaces , Silicon , carbon
  • Journal title
    Surface Science
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Surface Science
  • Record number

    1704778