Flipping silicon dimers Si(100) using scanning tip microscopy: A theoretical investigation

被引:20
作者
Cho, K
Joannopoulos, JD
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 53卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.53.4553
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
State-of-the-art first-principles calculations are performed tb investigate the possibility of using a tungsten tip in scanning tunneling microscopy or atomic force microscopy as a tool to manipulate the surface atoms of Si(100). Calculations of total energy and electronic structure are used-to study the energetics and bonding properties associated-with the tip and surface for a variety of atomic configurations. The results predict that under certain protocols the tip can be used to flip dimers on the surface, from one buckled configuration to another, reversibly, and without inducing damage to either the intrinsic surface or the tip. The implications of these results for using the intrinsic (100) surface of silicon as an ultrahigh density memory storage medium approaching one bit of data per dimer are discussed.
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页码:4553 / 4556
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