a Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Centro Materiali e Microsistemi, Via Sommarive 18, Povo, I-38100 Trento, Italy b INFN, Dip. Ingegneria Meccanica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma, Italy
Abstract:
Elastic Peak Electron Spectroscopy (EPES) is used to characterize the H termination of the (1 0 0) diamond surface. Two specific features of the technique make this possible, namely surface sensitivity and the ability to directly detect H. An approach to quantify the H content for the particular spatial distribution involved here is discussed and a measure of H surface coverage is given.