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A High-Temperature STM-Study of Iron Silicide Formation on High Index Silicon Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Martin Kneppe ,
Evgueni Kot ,
Volker Dorna  and
Ulrich Kahler
Martin Kneppe
Affiliation:
Experimentalphysik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Evgueni Kot
Affiliation:
Experimentalphysik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Volker Dorna
Affiliation:
Experimentalphysik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Ulrich Kahler
Affiliation:
Experimentalphysik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Abstract

The nucleation and initial growth of iron silicide on Si(113), Si(5 5 12) and Si(114) is studied using high temperature STM. During MBE and gas source deposition (precursor Fe(CO)5 STM-“movies” at temperatures up to 600°C directly show the kinetics of silicide formation on the surface. A complete 2D-wetting layer is formed on all vicinal surfaces for temperatures below 510°C. A chain-like silicide structure with a mixture of different periodicities (4×n), with n ranging from 2-6, is found. Above one monolayer growth proceeds with anisotropic 3D-silicide-islands. The wetting layer was found to be only metastable at lower growth temperature. At temperatures above 510°C the 2D-silicide layer does not wet the substrate anymore. In the equilibrium growth mode, 3D-islands directly grow on the bare Si-substrate. The anisotropy of the 3D-islands is extremly temperature dependent resulting in an aspect ratio up to 50 at 600°C. Especially on Si(114) a one-dimensionally nanostructured silicide layer can be grown in this way. A lateral spreading of the 3D-islands forming an interconnected silicide layer is achieved on Si(113) by a stochiometric codeposition of Fe and Si.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 648: Symposium P – Growth, Evolution & Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films, and Self Organized Structure , 2000 , P10.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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