Phosphorus and hydrogen atoms on the (0 0 1) surface of silicon: A comparative scanning tunnelling microscopy study of surface species with a single dangling bond

Surface Science

Volumn 600, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 318-324

  Reusch, T C G ^a   Curson, N J ^a   Schofield, S R ^a,b   Hallam, T ^a   Simmons, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Nanopatterning; Phosphorus; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Silicon; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; HYDROGEN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON;

NANOPATTERNING; NANOSCALE RESERVOIRS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 31144439930     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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