
A model of the elementary step motion on a two-domain (100) silicon surface during crystallization from a molecular beam is proposed. The model takes into account the possibility of an adatom transition to an adjacent terrace before incorporation into a kink at the A-step edge (the effect of the A-step permeability). It is shown that the permeability of the A-step contributes to the faster pairing of the A- and B-steps and, consequently, transition to a single-domain surface. For the fast pairing of the steps, it is sufficient only the presence of an inverse Ehrlich–Schwoebel barrier for the attachment of adatoms to the A-step from the B-type terrace. A conventional barrier (for the attachment from the A-type terrace) may be absent, which is consistent with the results of quantum chemical calculations.
адатомы, кристаллизация из молекулярных пучков, поверхностные процессы, кремний
адатомы, кристаллизация из молекулярных пучков, поверхностные процессы, кремний
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