title: Site-selective substitutional doping with atomic precision on stepped Al (111) surface by single-atom manipulation.
abstract: In fabrication of nano- and quantum devices, it is sometimes critical to position individual dopants at certain sites precisely to obtain the specific or enhanced functionalities. With first-principles simulations, we propose a method for substitutional doping of individual atom at a certain position on a stepped metal surface by single-atom manipulation. A selected atom at the step of Al (111) surface could be extracted vertically with an Al trimer-apex tip, and then the dopant atom will be positioned to this site. The details of the entire process including potential energy curves are given, which suggests the reliability of the proposed single-atom doping method.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jinhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Guofeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Hezhu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Bo-Yuan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Institute of Modern Physics, Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhuang
keywords: Atomic precision; Metal surface; Single-atom doping; Single-atom manipulation; Substitutional