Thin Solid Films, Vol.369, No.1-2, 73-78, 2000
Analysis of single Si atoms deposited on the Si(111)7x7 surface
The positions of single Si atoms deposited onto the Si(111)7 x 7 surface have been investigated by using a scanning tunneling microscope. On a corner adatom side, the deposited single Si atoms were located around a line connecting a rest atom and a corner adatom, while on a center adatom side, they were widely spread. Semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations were also performed on the basis of a cluster model. The distribution of the calculated stable positions of deposited single Si atoms was consistent with the above-mentioned tendency of the experimentally-observed deposited atom distribution.
Keywords:Si(111)7 x 7 surface;deposition;single Si atom;scanning tunneling microscope;semi-empirical molecular orbital calculation