Ideal hydrogen termination of the Si (111) surface
- 12 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (7), 656-658
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102728
Abstract
Aqueous HF etching of silicon surfaces results in the removal of the surface oxide and leaves behind silicon surfaces terminated by atomic hydrogen. The effect of varying the solution pH on the surface structure is studied by measuring the SiH stretch vibrations with infrared absorption spectroscopy. Basic solutions ( pH=9–10) produce ideally terminated Si(111) surfaces with silicon monohydride ( 3/4 SiH) oriented normal to the surface. The surface is found to be very homogeneous with low defect density (<0.5%) and narrow vibrational linewidth (0.95 cm−1 ).Keywords
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