Enriching the surface of nanocristalline silicon (n-Si) with deuterium (IMAGE)

Nagoya City University

Enriching the surface of nanocristalline silicon (n-Si) with deuterium

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Schematic illustration of the hydrogen-to-deuterium exchange reactions at a hydrogen-terminated n-Si surface in the presence of HDO molecules (Deuterium: red spheres, Hydrogen: pink spheres, Oxygen: green spheres, Silicon: blue spheres).

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Takahiro Matsumoto from NCU Japan

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