SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY ON THE SURFACE OF SI(111)

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MEYER, E
HOWALD, L
LUTHI, R
HAEFKE, H
RUETSCHI, M
BONNER, T
OVERNEY, R
FROMMER, J
HOFER, R
GUNTHEROIDT, HJ
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1994年 / 12卷 / 03期
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10.1116/1.587704
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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An ultrahigh vacuum atomic force microscope, operated in the noncontact mode, is used to characterize n-doped Si(111) surfaces. Ionized impurities are observed with electrostatic forces, demonstrating contrast reversal by changing the polarity of the voltage between probing tip and sample. The impurities form one-dimensional domains on the silicon surface. Steps and lines, connecting kink sites, are preferentially occupied by these impurities.
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