Since the invention of the transistor in 1947, there has been a widespread and continuing
interest in understanding the physical and chemical properties of semiconductor surfaces. 1 …

Over the last three decades reactions of organic and organometallic compounds on silicon
surfaces have been of great interest. This interest has been fueled by potential applications …

The surface chemistry of silicon is just beginning to be explored, with the use of modern
tools of the surface scientist. Indeed, the unraveling of the surface chemistry of silicon has …

In principle, quantum mechanicsdescribes molec-ular interactions with sufficient accuracy
but at the cost of extremely complicated and time-consuming numerical calculations …

The application of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) to semiconductor surfaces is
reviewed. After a brief description of theoretical models for STM the experimental …

Molecular attachment chemistry is emerging as an important approach to tailor the chemical,
physical, and mechanical properties of silicon surfaces, as well as to incorporate organic …

Abstract ac-mode atomic-force microscopy (AFM) has been used to image the Si (111) 7× 7
reconstruction. The corner holes and adatoms in the 7× 7 unit cell as well as isolated atomic …

Mechanistic understanding of the reactions of small molecules containing C, N and O with Si
surfaces is not only fundamentally interesting but also practically important to the …

The carbonization process of a single domain 2× 1-reconstructed Si (001) vicinal surface (5
off axis from [001] in the [1 10] direction) in acetylene has been studied by combining in situ …

The cycloaddition chemistry of several representative unsaturated hydrocarbons (1, 3-
butadiene, benzene, ethylene, and acetylene) and a heterocyclic aromatic (thiophene) on a …