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Cleaving silicene-terminated calcium disilicide in the transmission electron microscope.

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Silicene, a monolayer of silicon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, is excellently compatible with the materials used in today's semiconductor manufacturing. In this paper, silicene-terminated CaSi2 is cleaved inside… Click to show full abstract

Silicene, a monolayer of silicon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, is excellently compatible with the materials used in today's semiconductor manufacturing. In this paper, silicene-terminated CaSi2 is cleaved inside a TEM using an in-situ manipulator. HRTEM studies on a standard lift-out lamella performed from several crystallographic orientations confirm the cell parameters of a = 3.7 Å and c = 30.60 Å, and allow to determine its exact orientation in the SEM/FIB system. A FIB procedure with corrected tilting and rotating angles has been developed to ensure that the tensile force applied by the manipulator is perpendicular to the (0 0 1) plane, and that the [1 0 0] pole axis could be used for HRTEM imaging. A sharp and flat cleavage interface with a length of more than 1 µm was observed in one in-situ experiment. HRTEM images from multiple regions confirm that the flat cleavage follows the (0 0 3) plane of the CaSi2 crystal. The current in-situ study demonstrates that a surface sheet with silicene-like atomic arrangement can be mechanically exfoliated from silicide compounds.

Keywords: calcium disilicide; terminated calcium; silicene terminated; cleaving silicene; silicene; disilicide transmission

Journal Title: Nanotechnology
Year Published: 2019

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