Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Engineering |
Department |
Materials Science & Engineering |
Creator |
Liu, Feng |
Other Author |
Men, F. K., Wang, P. J.; Chen, C. H.; Cheng, D. L.; Lin, J. L.; Himpsel, F. J. |
Title |
Pattern formation via a two-step faceting transition on vicinal Si(111) surfaces |
Date |
2001 |
Description |
We demonstrate a self-organized pattern formation on vicinal Si(l 11) surfaces that are miscut toward the [211] direction. All the patterns, consisting of a periodic array of alternating (7x7) reconstructed terraces and step-bunched facets, have the same periodicity and facet structure, independent of the miscut angle; while the width of the facets increases linearly with miscut angle. We attribute such unique pattern formation to a surface faceting transition that involves two transition steps: the first step forms a stress-domain structure defining the universal periodicity; the second step forms the low-energy facets controlling the facet width. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Materials Research Society |
Volume |
648 |
First Page |
P17.1 |
Last Page |
P17.6 |
Subject |
Pattern formation; Faceting transition; Vicinal Si(111); Miscut |
Subject LCSH |
Surface chemistry |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Men, F. K., Liu, F., Wang, P. J., Chen, C. H., Cheng, D. L., Lin, J. L., & Himpsel, F. J. (2001). Pattern formation via a two-step faceting transition on vicinal Si(111) surfaces. MRS Proceeding, 648, P1.7.1-6 |
Rights Management |
© Materials Research Society http://www.mrs.org/ |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
956,938 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,12189 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6988r8s |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
703799 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6988r8s |