Surface self modifying

The surface 1-3 layer of the semiconductor is modified or desorpted by heating under a various gas atmosphere and/or vacuum. The formation of the following material were observed on SiC surface.

  • Carbon nanotube
  • Graphene
  • Silicon oxynitride (SiON) films



Formation of graphene and CNT by surface self modifying


  1. K. Hayashi, S. Mizuno, S. Tanaka, H. Toyoda, H. Tochihara and I. Suemune, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, L803(2005).
  2. T. Shirasawa, K. Hayashi, S. Mizuno, S. Tanaka, K. Nakatsuji, F. Komori, and H. Tochihara, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 1 (2007).
  3. S. Tanaka, K. Morita, and H. Hibino, Phys. Rev. B 81, 041406 (2010).