Thin Solid Films, Vol.257, No.2, 147-153, 1995
C-60 Films on Surface-Treated Silicon - Recipes for Amorphous and Crystalline Growth
C-60 films up to 1000 Angstrom in thickness have been grown by room-temperature sublimation onto Si(100) and Si(111) substrates that have been prepared with surfaces passivated against dangling bonds. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that films deposited on such substrates have a high degree of (111)-textured crystallinity which is absent in films deposited on untreated Si. Examination of surface topographies with tapping mode atomic force microscopy shows a thickness-dependent increase in roughness which is greater for the treated samples. Our results are placed in context with respect to what is presently known about the growth of C-60 films on a variety of substrates. Implications for possible device applications will also be discussed.
Keywords:SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY;EPITAXIAL-GROWTH;C60;PHOTOEMISSION;SCATTERING;FULLERENES;METAL