Nanoscale Structure of Si/SiO2/Organics Interfaces
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Abstract
X-ray reflectivity measurements of increasingly more complex interfaces involving silicon (001) substrates reveal the existence of a thin low-density layer intruding between the single-crystalline silicon and the amorphous native SiO2 terminating it. The importance of accounting for this layer in modeling silicon/liquid interfaces and silicon-supported monolayers is demonstrated by comparing fits of the measured reflectivity curves by models including and excluding this layer. The inclusion of this layer, with 6-8 missing electrons per silicon unit cell area, consistent with one missing oxygen atom whose bonds remain hydrogen passivated, is found to be particularly important for an accurate and high-resolution determination of the surface normal density profile from reflectivities spanning extended momentum transfer ranges, now measurable at modern third-generation synchrotron sources.
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OpenAlex topics: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications · Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
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Affiliations
Crystallography and Structural Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
ESRF, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, B.P. 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
HASYLAB am DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Physics Department, and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
Funding
Basic Energy Sciences · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation
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