CONTROL OF TERRACE WIDTH AND ATOMIC STEP DISTRIBUTION ON VICINAL SI(111) SURFACES BY THERMAL-PROCESSING

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作者
OMAHONY, JD
MCGILP, JF
LEIBSLE, FM
WEIGHTMAN, P
FLIPSE, CFJ
机构
[1] UNIV LIVERPOOL,INTERDISCIPLINARY RES CTR SURFACE SCI,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LIVERPOOL,DEPT PHYS,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,ENGLAND
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10.1088/0268-1242/8/4/003
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Si(111) surfaces misoriented by 4-degrees towards [112] have been studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy. Topographs of surfaces, produced by annealing, followed by rapid quenching, reveal a temperature-dependent transition from a structure consisting of wide irregular terraces separated by small irregular clusters of double steps to a single highly ordered phase of narrow, evenly spaced terraces separated by single monatomic steps. The quenched-in phases are stable at room temperature.
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