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 |
Self-organized nanoscale pattern formation on vicinal Si(111) surfaces via a two-stage faceting transition |
Date |
2002-02 |
Description |
We demonstrate a self-organized pattern formation on vicinal Si(111) surfaces that are miscut toward the [211] direction. All the patterns, consisting of a periodic array of alternating (7 X 7) 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 stages: the first stage forms a stress-domain structure defining the universal periodicity; the second stage forms the low-energy facets controlling the facet width. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
American Physical Society |
Journal Title |
Physical Review Letters |
Volume |
88 |
Issue |
9 |
DOI |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.096105 |
citatation_issn |
0031-9007 |
Subject |
Vicinal Si(111); Nanoscale pattern formation; Two-stage; Faceting transition |
Subject LCSH |
Self-organizing systems; Nanoscience |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Men, F.-K., Liu, F., Wang, P. J., Chen, C. H., Cheng, D. L., Lin, J. L., & Himpsel, F. J. (2002). Self-organized nanoscale pattern formation on vicinal Si(111) surfaces via a two-stage faceting transition. Physical Review Letters, 88(9), 096105. |
Rights Management |
(c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.096105 |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
537,882 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,12184 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s65435rh |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
703306 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65435rh |