Atomic scattering from methyl-terminated Si and Ge /

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Author / Creator:Hund, Zachary Michael, author.
Imprint:2015.
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2015
Description:1 electronic resource (244 pages)
Language:English
Format: E-Resource Dissertations
Local Note:School code: 0330
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10773325
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Other authors / contributors:University of Chicago. degree granting institution.
ISBN:9781339097985
Notes:Advisors: Steven J. Sibener Committee members: Ka Yee Lee; Bozhi Tian.
Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-02(E), Section: B.
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Summary:This thesis describes the investigations we have conducted into the effects of organic functionalization on the atomic surface structure, vibrational dynamics, and vibrational band structure of crystalline semiconductors. Specifically, we have studied rather novel surfaces that arise from methyl termination of silicon(111) and germanium(111) semiconductor lattices. We employed helium atom scattering to examine both of these functionalized surfaces, as this specific technique is a completely surface-sensitive, non-destructive probe of the methyl interface. The surface structure and vibrational dynamics, including atomic spacings, step heights, average atomic displacements, potential well depths, and Debye temperatures, were all measured via the elastic diffraction of helium atoms from the surface. Inelastic time-of-flight measurements resolved the energy exchanges between colliding helium atoms and lattice vibrations; taking these measurements at a variety of kinematic conditions allowed us to map out the evolution of phonons (e.g. the Rayleigh wave) across the surface Brillouin zone. Switching to a hydrogen and deuterium molecular beam produced diffraction spectra with highly-resolved rotationally inelastic diffraction peaks; the anisotropy of the surface can be estimated from these rotational excitations. High-level density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations were completed in conjunction with the atomic scattering measurements to further our understanding of how, specifically, methyl termination of these Si(111) and Ge(111) semiconductors affects their dynamics and band structure.

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