STM observation of pit formation and evolution during the epitaxial growth of Si on Si(001) surface

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摘要 PitformationandsurfacemorphologicalevolutioninSi(001)homoepitaxyareinvestigatedbyusingscanningtunnelingmicroscopy.Anti-phaseboundaryisfoundtogiverisetoinitialgenerationofpitsboundbybunchedDBsteps.Theterracesbreakupandarereducedtoacriticalnucleussizewithpitformation.Duetoanisotropickinetics,adownhillbiasdiffusioncurrent,whichislargeralongthedimerrowsthroughthecentreareaoftheterracethanthroughtheareaclosetotheedge,leadstotheprevalenceofpitsboundby{101}facets.Subsequentannealingresultsinashapetransitionfrom{101}-facetedpitstomulti-facetedpits.
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出处 《中国物理B:英文版》 2010年10期
出版日期 2010年10月20日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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