ELECTROCHEMICAL SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY OBSERVATIONS ON SI(111) IN SEVERAL SOLUTIONS

被引:5
作者
ANDO, A [1 ]
MIKI, K [1 ]
SHIMIZU, T [1 ]
MATSUMOTO, K [1 ]
MORITA, Y [1 ]
TOKUMOTO, H [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST ADV INTERDISCIPLINARY RES,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 2B期
关键词
ELECTROCHEMICAL SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU OBSERVATION; SILICON; SURFACE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.715
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ESTM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of hydrogen-terminated Si(111) in several solutions have been studied tt, evaluate the performance of the AFM method. In dilute H2SO4 solution, the overall features of AFM images were similar to those of ESTM images, suggesting that both images reflect the topography of the bare H-Si(111) surface. However, AFM images in ultrapure water and in dilute NaOH solution were successfully obtained, while ESTM images were not. These results indicate that AFM is a powerful method for studying topographic change of Si in solutions during the wet cleaning process.
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页码:715 / 718
页数:4
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