Mode transition between growth and decomposition of oxides on Si(001): Kinetically determined critical coverage for oxidation

Maki Suemitsu; Yoshiharu Enta; Youichi Takegawa; Nobuo Miyamoto

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Mode transition between growth and decomposition of oxides on Si(001): Kinetically determined critical coverage for oxidation

Maki Suemitsu, Yoshiharu Enta, Youichi Takegawa, Nobuo Miyamoto

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Effects of preoxidation on the reaction kinetics of oxygen molecules at Si(001) surface have been investigated by real-time ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. A mode transition from decomposition to growth of surface oxides was found to exist at a certain initial oxide coverage, which is kinetically, not energetically, determined. By considering a change of balance between Si adatom and oxygen-monomer fluxes at the perimeter of oxide clusters, this mode transition is quantitatively described as a bifurcation of an autocatalytic-reaction rate equation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3179-3181
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1326037
Publication status	Published - 2000 Nov 13

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