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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
We investigated the initial oxidation of MBE-grown Si (100) surfaces with atomic flatness using x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED). It was found that the MBE-grown surfaces are inert and hardly oxidized even after exposure to molecular oxygen up to 1500 Langmuir (L) at room temperature. At elevated temperatures, the surface oxidation was substantially promoted. On the contrary, the surface oxidation was found to be substantiated on a deliberately corrugated Si surface prepared by low temperature MBE growth, even at room temperature.