Helium atom scattering from the Si(111) surface at high temperatures
Helium atom scattering from the Si(111) surface at high temperatures
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.56.4642
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发表时间:
1997-08-15
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Greene, EF
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作者:
Lange, G;Meli, CA;Greene, EF
Helium atom scattering has been used to investigate the structure of the Si(111) surface in the temperature range from 900 to 1600 K. Even below the well-known (7x7) to ''(1x1)'' transition the adatoms become mobile, and, when the transition is reached near 1140 K, the specular-and integral-order diffraction peaks have sudden intensity changes, some up and others down, while the seventh-order peaks disappear. Above the transition the adatoms remain, moving rapidly on, and supported by, the ordered but relaxed, outer bilayer of the surface. A second transition. first reported by Ishizaka and co-workers occurs near 1470 K. The loss of all diffraction peaks and the attenuation of the specular peak indicate a completely disordered surface as the temperature approaches the melting point.