Much of the microelectronic industry and many uses of silicon are based on the stability of
silicon oxide and the electrical quality of its interface with the silicon substrate. It is natural …

The reaction of boron trichloride with the H-and Cl-terminated Si (1 0 0) surfaces was
investigated to understand the interaction of this molecule with the surface for designing wet …

Hydrogen as an efficient energy carrier is an environmentally benign fuel of the future. Solar-
powered water splitting, using semiconductor photocatalysts, is an efficient generation …

Supported metal catalysts are commonly used for the hydrogenation and deoxygenation of
biomass-derived aromatic compounds in catalytic fast pyrolysis. To date, the substrate …

Ultrathin silicon oxynitride films have attracted substantial attention as gate dielectrics. In this
work, we investigate a wet-chemistry approach to introduce a monolayer silicon oxynitride …

The selectivity of clean Si (100)-(2× 1) surfaces fully reacted with H2O-and hydrogen-
passivated Si (100)-(2× 1) surfaces is investigated for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of TiO2 …

In this work, we use periodic density functional theory (periodic DFT) to rigorously assign
vibrational spectra measured on nanorough wet-processed hydrogenated Si (111) surfaces …

As the dimensions of electronic device components shrink, there is a growing need for
innovative methods and chemical modification strategies to fabricate nanometer-sized …

Density functional theory was used to investigate the reactivity of partially chlorinated and
stepped silicon surfaces with molecules having N, O, and S head groups in relation to the …

This chapter reviews the role of infrared spectroscopy in characterization of surfaces and
interfaces of thin organic films. FTIR spectroscopy is widely utilized in studies of chemical …