Interaction of a single acetophenone molecule with group III-IV elements mediated by Si(001)

Racis, A.; Jurczyszyn, L.; Radny, M. W.

Title: Interaction of a single acetophenone molecule with group III-IV elements mediated by Si(001)
Creator: Racis, A.; Jurczyszyn, L.; Radny, M. W.
Relation: Surface Science Vol. 669, Issue March 2018, p. 169-175
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2017.11.016
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2018
Description: A theoretical study of an influence of the acetophenone molecule adsorbed on the Si(001) on the local chemical reactivity of silicon surface is presented. The obtained results indicate that the interaction of the molecule with silicon substrate breaks the intra-dimer p bonds in four surface silicon dimers interacting directly with adsorbed molecule. This leads to the formation of two pairs of unpaired dangling bonds at two opposite sides of the molecule. It is demonstrated that these dangling bonds increase considerably the local chemical reactivity of the silicon substrate in the vicinity of the adsorbed molecule. Consequently, it is shown that such molecule bonded with Si(001) can stabilize the position of In and Pb adatoms diffusing on silicon substrate at two sides and initiate the one-dimensional aggregation of the metallic adatoms on the Si(001) substrate anchored at both sides of the adsorbed molecule. This type of aggregation leads to the growth of chain-like atomic structures in opposite directions, pinned to adsorbed molecule and oriented perpendicular to the rows of surface silicon dimers.
Subject: Si(001); acetophenone; In; Pb; DFT
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1400520
Identifier: uon:34778
Identifier: ISSN:0039-6028
Language: eng
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