AN STM OBSERVATION OF SILVER GROWTH ON HYDROGEN-TERMINATED SI(111) SURFACES

Authors
NAITOH M WATANABE A NISHIGAKI S
Citation
M. Naitoh et al., AN STM OBSERVATION OF SILVER GROWTH ON HYDROGEN-TERMINATED SI(111) SURFACES, Surface science, 358(1-3), 1996, pp. 140-144
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
358
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
140 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1996)358:1-3<140:ASOOSG>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report results of a scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy investigation of the initial process of AE thin-film growth on hydroge n-terminated Si(111) surfaces. It has been shown that Ag clusters are formed on the hydrogen-terminated restlayer when Ag is deposited at 30 0 degrees C, Large silicon-hydride clusters, which have been produced by hydrogen adsorption on clean surfaces, are desorbed by the Ag depos ition and only small ones remain on the restlayer among Ag clusters.