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Nitridation of Si(111)−7×7 Surface by Low Energy Nitrogen Ions : STM Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Jeong Sook Ha ,
Kang-Ho Park ,
Wan Soo Yun ,
El-Hang Lee  and
Seong-Ju Park
Jeong Sook Ha
Affiliation:
Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, 305-600, Korea.
Kang-Ho Park
Affiliation:
Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, 305-600, Korea.
Wan Soo Yun
Affiliation:
Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, 305-600, Korea.
El-Hang Lee
Affiliation:
Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon, 305-600, Korea.
Seong-Ju Park
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Kwangju, 506-303, Korea.
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Abstract

The surface structure of Si(111) post-annealed at 980 °C after nitrogen ion induced nitridation has been investigated by using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED). The LEED and STM results indicated the formation of ordered domain of quadruplet structure in the silicon nitride layer. The LEED pattern taken from the nitrated Si(111) surface showed a coexistence of 7×7 domain with quadruplet one. In the STM image taken from the same surface, a three directional periodicity with a periodic arrangement of white protrusions was observed in the local area of silicon nitride island and its symmetry directions were rotated about 10° with respect to those of Si(111) surface. In addition to the quadruplet structure of the silicon nitride island, meta-stable structures such as 9×9, c(4×2), and 2×2 as well as 7×7 phase boundaries were observed to have been formed on the Si(111) surface during the rapid cooling of nitrated surface from the post-annealing temperature of 980 °C. The investigation of the surface structure of nitrated Si(111) showed that the surface nitrated at high temperature had better epitaxial silicon nitride layer than that post-annealed after nitridation at room temperature.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 448: Symposium M – Control of Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces , 1996 , 297
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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