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Chiang, Tai-Chang Franklin, Gregg Edward 2011-05-04T18:21:16Z 2011-05-04T18:21:16Z 10000-01-01 1992 The geometric and electronic properties of compound semiconductor surfaces and interfaces were studied using experimental techniques such as electron and x-ray diffraction, Auger spectroscopy, synchrotron photoemission, and scanning tunneling microscopy. Some of the surface and interfacial properties this thesis is concerned with include clean and adsorbate-induced reconstructions, valence-band discontinuities and Schottky-barrier formations, doping and metallization, work function changes and growth considerations. Experiments were performed on the Sb-stabilized GaSb(lOO)-(lx3) surface grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Bulk valence bands were mapped out in the r-8-X direction. The deconvoluted Sb-4d and Ga-3d core-level line shapes were used to construct a structural model for the surface. STM resolved the individual atomic dimers verifying the proposed model and showed partial disorder inherent on this surface. The interaction of the clean GaSb(lOO) surface with ZnTe, a strain-free (i.e. highly lattice-matched) system, was explored using synchrotron photoemission. The deconvoluted core-level line shapes were used to construct structural models for the interface between these compound semiconductors in both the high and lowtemperature growth phases. In addition, the movement of the valence band and Fermi level was used to examine the heterojunction band offset for the low-temperature phase and the dopant incorporation for the high-temperature phase. The interface between an alkali metal, cesium, and the clean GaSb(lOO) surface was investigated up to its saturation limit. The work function change was measured and the Fermi level movement determined the degree of surface metallicity. Core level line shapes were used to determine surface structure as well as the degree of charge transfer. Finally, the interface formation and subsequent growth of InSb on vicinal ( 4 ° off) and on-axis Si(lOO), a strained system (i.e. highly lattice-mismatched), was studied. During the initial stages of molecular beam epitaxy at 41 ooc we examined the In, Sb, and Si core levels as a function of In and Sb coverage and deposition order. Based on these results a model for interface formation was developed. Thicker coverage results of co-evaporated InSb are discussed in light of the interfacial analyses. Submitted by Carolyn Mead (cmead2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-04T18:21:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 1992_franklin.pdf: 5198987 bytes, checksum: 2a9a974401840d83e6c451453d4831ac (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T18:21:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 1992_franklin.pdf: 5198987 bytes, checksum: 2a9a974401840d83e6c451453d4831ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Carolyn Mead (cmead2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-04T18:21:17Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:12:16-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: Thesis Thesis U of I Only 3469454 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18906 en 1992 Gregg Edward Franklin semiconductors compound semiconductors geometric properties electronic properties electron diffraction x-ray diffraction auger spectroscopy synchrontron photoemission scanning tunneling microscope (STM) Surface and interface studies of compound semiconductors Dissertation / Thesis text Physics Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.