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Paper
Successive oxidation stages of adatoms on the Si(111)7×7 surface observed with scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy reveal at least a two-stage reaction process which occurs at adatom sites on Si(111)7×7 surfaces exposed to oxygen. Reacted adatoms in the first stage have small (1/2 eV) but specific electron-energy shifts, and show roughly a 4:1 preference for the faulted half and a 2:1 preference for the corners of the 7×7 unit cell. Second-stage adatoms appear similar to missing adatoms in empty-state topographic images. © 1990 The American Physical Society.