Silicate-free growth of high-quality ultrathin cerium oxide films on Si(111)

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作者
Flege, Jan Ingo [1 ]
Kaemena, Bjoern [1 ]
Gevers, Sebastian [2 ]
Bertram, Florian [3 ]
Wilkens, Torsten [1 ]
Bruns, Daniel [2 ]
Baetjer, Jan [3 ]
Schmidt, Thomas [1 ]
Wollschlaeger, Joachim [2 ]
Falta, Jens [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bremen, Inst Solid State Phys, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
[2] Univ Osnabruck, Dept Phys, D-49069 Osnabruck, Germany
[3] Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslab Deutsch Elektr, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 84卷 / 23期
关键词
TEMPERATURE EPITAXIAL-GROWTH; PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; CEO2; LAYERS; THIN-FILMS; DESORPTION; DIELECTRICS; STABILITY; SURFACES; CL;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235418
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Ultrathin Ce(2)O(3) layers have been grown on Si(111) by reactive metal deposition in an oxygen background and characterized by x-ray standing waves, x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and low-energy electron diffraction to elucidate and quantify both atomic structure and chemical composition. It is demonstrated that highly ordered, mostly B-oriented, epitaxial ceria films can be achieved by preadsorption of a monolayer of atomic chlorine, effectively passivating the substrate and thereby suppressing cerium silicate and silicon oxide formation at the interface.
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