NATIVE OXIDATION OF THE SI(001) SURFACE - EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERFACIAL PHASE

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作者
RENAUD, G
FUOSS, PH
OURMAZD, A
BEVK, J
FREER, BS
HAHN, PO
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[2] WACKER CHEMITRON,W-8263 BURGHAUSEN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.104418
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We have used grazing incidence x-ray scattering techniques to investigate the structure of the Si-SiO2 interface, obtained by native oxidation of a Si(001) surface. The x-ray diffraction patterns reveal a twofold symmetric interfacial phase, of 2 X 1 periodicity. This interfacial phase, which is coherent with the silicon substrate, extends over very large lateral distances (up to 5000 angstrom) and is less than 5 angstrom thick. This phase is very disordered at the atomic scale. Its extent and perfection strongly depend on the flatness of the initial silicon substrate.
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