REAL-TIME OBSERVATION OF (1X1)-(7X7) PHASE-TRANSITION ON VICINAL SI(111) SURFACES BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY

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作者
SUZUKI, M
HIBINO, H
HOMMA, Y
FUKUDA, T
SATO, T
IWATSUKI, M
MIKI, K
TOKUMOTO, H
机构
[1] NTT BASIC RES LABS,MUSASHINO,TOKYO 180,JAPAN
[2] NTT INTERDISCIPLINARY RES LABS,CTR ANALYT TECHNOL & CHARACTERIZAT,MUSASHINO,TOKYO 180,JAPAN
[3] ELECTROTECH LAB,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[4] JEOL LTD,TOKYO 196,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 07期
关键词
SI(111); VICINAL SURFACE; RECONSTRUCTION; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; STM; SURFACE STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.3247
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy of a Si(111) surface with a misorientation of 10-degrees reveals that the (7 x 7) domains form stripes whose widths are quantized in units of a (7 x 7) unit cell. The (7 x 7)-to-(1 x 1) phase transition on this surface occurs at about 1030 K when the temperature is increased, which is about 80 K lower than that for a nominally flat Si(111) surface, and the (1 x 1)-to-(7 x 7) phase transition occurs at 1003 K when the temperature is reduced. Nucleation and growth of (7 x 7) domains are explained in terms of the domains' energy gain and the energy loss of the domain edges and slant surfaces.
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页码:3247 / 3251
页数:5
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