1-octadecene monolayers on Si(111) hydrogen-terminated surfaces: effects of substrate doping

Details 1-octadecene monolayers on Si(111) hydrogen-terminated surfaces: effects of substrate doping 1-octadecene monolayers on Si(111) hydrogen-terminated surfaces: effects of substrate doping

2004-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405361v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

33 pages, 8 figures, to be published J. Appl. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1767984

We have studied the electronic properties, in relation to their structural properties, of monolayers of 1-octadecene attached on a hydrogen-terminated (111) silicon surface. The molecules are attached using the free-radical reaction between C=C and Si-H activated by an ultraviolet illumination. We have compared the structural and electrical properties of monolayers formed on silicon substrate of different types (n-type and p-type) and different doping concentrations from low-doped (~1E14 cm-3) to highly doped (~1E19 cm-3) silicon substrates. We show that the monolayers on n-, p- and p+ silicon are densely packed and that they act as very good insulating films at a nanometer thickness with leakage currents as low as ~1E-7 A.cm-2 and high quality capacitance-voltage characteristics. The monolayers formed on n+-type silicon are more disordered and therefore exhibit larger leakage current densities (>1E-4 A.cm-2) when embedded in a silicon/monolayer/metal junction. The inferior structural and electronic properties obtained with n+-type silicon pinpoint the important role of surface potential and of the position of the surface Fermi level during the chemisorption of the organic monolayers.

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