Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 357, Issue -, Pages 184-188Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.262
Keywords
Ripples; Silicon; Surface patterning; Irradiation; Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy
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Nanoscale ripples on semiconductor surfaces have potential application in biosensing and optoelectronics, but suffer from uncontrolled surface-amorphization when prepared by conventional ion-irradiation methods. A two-step, energy-separated sequential-irradiation enables simultaneous control of surface-amorphization and ripple-dimensions on Si(1 0 0). The evolution of ripples using 100 keV Ar+ bombardment and further tuning of the patterns using a sequential-irradiation by 60 keV Ar+ at different fluences are demonstrated. The advantage of this approach as opposed to increased fluence at the same energy is clarified by atomic force microscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy investigations. The explanation of our findings is presented through DAMAGE simulation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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