Abstract
Using first principles quantum mechanics (DFT/GGA with pseudopotentials) calculations, we propose a mechanism for the P-assisted auto-catalyzed chain reaction of alkene molecules on a monohydride Si (001) -2×1-H surface. This study shows that surface-incorporated P atoms can serve as an initiator and a terminator for the self-directed growth of one-dimensional molecular wires on Si(001). We first present reaction paths and energetics for creation of single Si dangling bonds by (P-associated) selective H2 desorption on the P-incorporated Si(001)-H surface, with comparison to associative H2 desorption on the clean Si(001)-H surface. The (Si-dangling bond mediated) growth of styrene molecular lines is then compared between the P-incorporated and clean Si(001) surfaces.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 023108 |
| Pages (from-to) | 023108-1-023108-3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Jan 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the Welch Foundation (Grant No. F-1535) for their financial support of this work. All our calculations were performed using supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
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