ATOMIC MODIFICATION OF AN SI(111)7X7 SURFACE WITH ADSORBED CHLORINE ATOMS USING A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

Authors
BABA M MATSUI S
Citation
M. Baba et S. Matsui, ATOMIC MODIFICATION OF AN SI(111)7X7 SURFACE WITH ADSORBED CHLORINE ATOMS USING A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, Applied physics letters, 65(15), 1994, pp. 1927-1929
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
65
Issue
15
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1927 - 1929
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)65:15<1927:AMOASS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A scanning tunneling microscope is used to modify a Si(111)7x7 surface structure with adsorbed chlorine atoms. One Si adatom at the center s ite is extracted from the surface by field evaporation and the other a tom is moved by field-induced diffusion. This modification is caused b y the coordinated breaking of bonds and the moving of adatoms to their adjacent areas as the result of Cl chemical reactivity. (C) 1994 Amer ican Institute of Physics.