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Published on: March 29, 2016
Stereochemistry on Si(001): angular dependence of H2 dissociation
1Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85740 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
The angular dependence of the dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen at terrace and step sites of vicinal single-domain Si(001) surfaces was investigated by means of molecular beam techniques and optical second-harmonic generation. A strongly anisotropic behavior was observed for terrace adsorption with polar distributions of cos3theta and cos12theta parallel and perpendicular to the dimer, respectively. The D(B)-steps show enhanced reactivity under glancing incidence in the upwards direction. The results are traced back to the directionality of the covalent surface bonds.
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