Abstract:
Self-organization of nanosize domains in deposition of submonolayer carbon coatings on silicon (100) in a low-pressure microwave plasma has been revealed by scanning atomic-force and electron microscopy. It is shown that the nanosize carbon-containing domains can be used as masking coatings to obtain 3D low-dimensional systems on single-crystal silicon (100) by highly anisotropic plasma-chemical etching.