MACROSCOPIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL FACETING OF SI(100) UPON AU ADSORPTION

Authors
HORNVONHOEGEN M MINODA H YAGI K HERINGDORF FMZ KAHLER D
Citation
M. Hornvonhoegen et al., MACROSCOPIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL FACETING OF SI(100) UPON AU ADSORPTION, Surface science, 404(1-3), 1998, pp. 464-469
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
404
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
464 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1998)404:1-3<464:MOFOSU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Vicinal Si(100) (4 degrees) shows perfectly ordered terraces with a wi dth of 4 nm separated by double steps. Adsorption of Au at 800 degrees C results in a dramatic change of the step morphology: the surface de composes into areas which are perfectly Bat with a (100)orientation an d [119]-facets, which compensate the macroscopic miscut. Macroscopic s uper terraces with a width of 400 nm up to 4 mu m are formed, which ar e extremely straight with a length limited only by the size of the sam ple. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.