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Structural and Spectroscopic Study of Manganese Silicide Islands on Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Miyoko Tanaka
Affiliation:
National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, JAPAN
Qi Zhang
Affiliation:
National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, JAPAN
Masaki Takeguchi
Affiliation:
National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, JAPAN
Kazuo Furuya
Affiliation:
National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, JAPAN
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Abstract

The Mn deposited clean Si (111) substrates were examined with UHV-TEM and STM that are part of an UHV-TEM/STM integrated characterization system. The Mn deposition with coverages of 5-20 ML followed by annealing at 673 K formed MnSi islands with Moire fringes. They showed metallic character. Subsequent annealing at 873 K dissipated the islands instead of transforming them into MnSi1.7. The re-deposition of Mn and re-annealing at 473 K succeeded to transform MnSi islands into MnSi1.7. The islands had several orientation relationships with substrate Si, and were semiconducting. The growth mechanism of MnSi1.7 is inferred.

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