Theoretical study of isolated dangling bonds, dangling bond wires and dangling bond clusters on H:Si(100)-(2$\times$1) surface

Details Theoretical study of isolated dangling bonds, dangling bond wires and dangling bond clusters on H:Si(100)-(2$\times$1) surface Theoretical study of isolated dangling bonds, dangling bond wires and dangling bond clusters on H:Si(100)-(2$\times$1) surface

2006-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611417v1

Phys. Rev. B 76, 045308 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

7 pages, 10 figure, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045308

We theoretically study the electronic band structure of isolated unpaired and paired dangling bonds (DB), DB wires and DB clusters on H:Si(100)-(2$\times$1) surface using Extended H\"uckel Theory (EHT) and report their effect on the Si band gap. An isolated unpaired DB introduces a near-midgap state, whereas a paired DB leads to $\pi$ and $\pi^*$ states, similar to those introduced by an unpassivated asymmetric dimer (AD) Si(100)-(2$\times$1) surface. Such induced states have very small dispersion due to their isolation from the other states, which reside in conduction and valence band. On the other hand, the surface state induced due to an unpaired DB wire in the direction along the dimer row (referred to as $[\bar{1}10]$), has large dispersion due to the strong coupling between the adjacent DBs, being 3.84$\AA$ apart. However, in the direction perpendicular to the dimer row (referred to as [110]), due to the reduced coupling between the DBs being 7.68$\AA$ apart, the dispersion in the surface state is similar to that of an isolated unpaired DB. Apart from this, a paired DB wire in $[\bar{1}10]$ direction introduces $\pi$ and $\pi^*$ states similar to those of an AD surface and a paired DB wire in [110] direction exhibits surface states similar to those of an isolated paired DB, as expected. Besides this, we report the electronic structure of different DB clusters, which exhibit states inside the band gap that can be interpreted as superpositions of states due to unpaired and paired DBs.

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