LOCAL HYDRIDE FORMATION OF THE SI(111)-(7X7) SURFACE BY HYDROGEN-ATOMS DEPOSITED FROM A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE TIP

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KURAMOCHI, H [1 ]
UCHIDA, H [1 ]
AONO, M [1 ]
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[1] INST PHYS & CHEM RES, WAKO, SAITAMA 351, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.932
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The Si (111)-(7 x 7) surface can be locally hydrized at the nanometer scale by depositing H atoms from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. The H atoms to be deposited are continuously supplied to the tip made of Pt (20% Ir) from an ambient H-2 molecule las through dissociative adsorption (H-2 --> 2H) and are deposited onto the Si(111)-(7 x 7) sample surface one by one by field evaporation; although the ambient H-2 molecules are not adsorbed on the Si (111)-(7 x 7) surface, the H atoms from the tip are adsorbed on the surface.
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