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The atomic oxygen-induced surface reaction has been studied on the D/Si(100
) surfaces. The mass spectroscopic method reveals that D-2 desorption as we
ll as D2O formation are induced upon collision of oxygen atoms with the D/S
i(100) surfaces. As the oxygen atoms are taken into the Si-Si bonds, the de
sorption of D-2 and D2O molecules is terminated despite the survival of the
D adatoms. We propose a possible mechanism of the oxygen-induced D2O forma
tion and D-2 desorption. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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