The influence of excited hydrogen species on the surface state of sp(2)-hybridized boron nitride

Authors
Konyashin, I Khvostov, V Babaev, V Guseva, M Bill, J Aldinger, F
Citation
I. Konyashin et al., The influence of excited hydrogen species on the surface state of sp(2)-hybridized boron nitride, DIAM RELAT, 8(11), 1999, pp. 2053-2058
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
ISSN journal
09259635 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2053 - 2058
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-9635(199911)8:11<2053:TIOEHS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The surface of sp(2)-hybridized boron nitride, namely well-crystallized hex agonal and poorly-crystallized turbostatic boron nitride, after its treatme nt in a hydrogen plasma was studied with the aid of high-resolution Auger s pectroscopy. The surface state of both modifications of boron nitride is fo und to change due to interaction with excited hydrogen species. This intera ction is thought to lead to termination of pi (dangling) bonds of sp(2)-hyb ridized boron nitride by hydrogen atoms, which results in transformation of the sp(2)-hybridized state into the sp(3)-hybridized state on the surface of boron nitride. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.