Structure and peculiarities of the (8 x n)-type Si(001) surface prepared in a molecular-beam epitaxy chamber: a scanning tunneling microscopy study

A clean Si(001) surface thermally purified in an ultrahigh vacuum molecular-beam epitaxy chamber has been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. The morphological peculiarities of the Si(001) surface have been explored in detail. The classification of the surface structure elements has been carried out, the dimensions of the elements have been measured, and the relative heights of the surface relief have been determined. A reconstruction of the Si(001) surface prepared in the molecular-beam epitaxy chamber has been found to be (8 x n). A model of the Si(001)-(8 x n) surface structure is proposed.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figures. Complete versio

IFLA Journal. March 2016

Established in 1975, IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal is published four times per year (January, June, October, December) and includes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally

IFLA Journal. March 2016

Established in 1975, IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal is published four times per year (January, June, October, December) and includes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally

Crystal Structure, Short-Range Oxygen Defects, and Water Adsorption in La- and Nd-Modified ZrO₂

ABSTRACTDoping Rare-earth (RE) elements to ZrO2 helps stabilize the cubic and tetragonal phases and improves resistance to thermal shock and sintering at high temperatures. Since a RE ion has a lower valency (3+) than Zr ion (4+), oxygen vacancies are formed to preserve electroneutrality. We have studied the crystal structure of La0.1Zro.9O1.95 and Nd0.1Zr0.9O1.95 by neutron diffraction and examined the associated oxygen defects by a Fourier transform of the filtered residual diffuse scattering. The hydration process was investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering measurements of the hydrogen vibrational density of states of the surface hydroxyl groups and physisorbed water on these fine powders. We compare the O-H stretch vibrations from samples with only surface hydroxyl groups to multilayer coverage of water molecules. The decreasing energies and increasing widths of the O-H stretch bands with increasing H2O coverage indicate the influence of hydrogen bonding on the motion of water molecules. Similar elastic and inelastic experiments were also performed on a high surface-area pure ZrO2 powder.</jats:p

Crystal structure, short-range oxygen defects, and water adsorption in La- and Nd-modified ZrO{sub 2}

Doping Rare-earth (RE) elements to ZrO{sub 2} helps stabilize the cubic and tetragonal phases and improves resistance to thermal shock and sintering at high temperatures. Since a RE ion has a lower valency (3{sup +}) than Zr ion (4{sup +}), oxygen vacancies are formed to preserve electroneutrality. We have studied the crystal structure of La{sub 0.1}Zr{sub 0.9}O{sub 1.95} and Nd{sub 0.1}Zr{sub 0.9}O{sub 1.95} by neutron diffraction and examined the associated oxygen defects by a Fourier transform of the filtered residual diffuse scattering. The hydration process was investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering measurements of the hydrogen vibrational density of states of the surface hydroxyl groups and physisorbed water on these fine powders. We compare the O-H stretch vibrations for samples from with only surface hydroxyl groups to multilayer coverage of water molecules. The decreasing energies and increasing widths of the O-H stretch bands with increasing H{sub 2}O coverage indicate the influence of hydrogen bonding on the motion of water molecules. Similar elastic and inelastic experiments were also performed on a high surface-area pure ZrO{sub 2} powder