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Significantly different contamination of atomically clean Si(001) when investigated by XPS and AES

Nicoleta G. Gheorghe, George A. Lungu, Ruxandra M. Costescu, Cristian M. Teodorescu

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Abstract Clean Si(001) single crystal surfaces provided different surface reconstructions: p(1 × 2) and c(n × 2) (n = 4, 6) at room temperature. The in situ oxidation of these surfaces was followed by Auger electron spectroscopy and by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is found that, in similar ultrahigh vacuum conditions, much faster contamination (about 500 times) occurs when the samples are investigated by AES than by XPS, owing to the interaction of the electron beam with the sample surface. With the sample subject to the AES investigation, the contamination occurs by forming >Si2CO complexes based on the Si dimers. During XPS, reaction with water molecules from the residual gas should also be taken into account.

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Abstract Clean Si(001) single crystal surfaces provided different surface reconstructions: p(1 × 2) and c(n × 2) (n = 4, 6) at room temperature. The in situ oxidation of these surfaces was followed by Auger electron spectroscopy and by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is found that, in similar ultrahigh vacuum conditions, much faster contamination (about 500 times) occurs when the samples are investigated by AES than by XPS, owing to the interaction of the electron beam with the sample surface. With the sample subject to the AES investigation, the contamination occurs by forming >Si2CO complexes based on the Si dimers. During XPS, reaction with water molecules from the residual gas should also be taken into account.

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Abstract Clean Si(001) single crystal surfaces provided different surface reconstructions: p(1 × 2) and c(n × 2) (n = 4, 6) at room temperature. The in situ oxidation of these surfaces was followed by Auger electron spectroscopy and by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is found that, in similar ultrahigh vacuum conditions, much faster contamination (about 500 times) occurs when the samples are investigated by AES than by XPS, owing to the interaction of the electron beam with the sample surface. With the sample subject to the AES investigation, the contamination occurs by forming >Si2CO complexes based on the Si dimers. During XPS, reaction with water molecules from the residual gas should also be taken into account.

Key concepts: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, Contamination, Auger, Analytical Chemistry (journal), In situ, Materials science, Electron spectroscopy

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