Stress inversion from initial tensile to compressive side during ultrathin oxide growth of the Si(100) surface.

We report the real-time observation of the stress change during sub-nanometer oxide growth on the Si(100) surface. Oxidation initially induced a rapid buildup of tensile stress up to -1.9 × 10(8) N m(-2) with an oxide thickness of 0.

Polyoxometalate (POM)-based, multi-functional, inorganic-organic, hybrid compounds: syntheses and molecular structures of silanol- and/or siloxane bond-containing species grafted on mono- and tri-lacunary Keggin POMs.

Using 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (HS(CH₂)₃Si(OMe)₃) as a silane-coupling agent (SCA), mono- and tri-lacunary Keggin polyoxometalate (POM)-based, multi-functional, inorganic-organic, hybrid compounds, (Et₄N)₃[α-PW₁₁O₃₉{(HS(CH₂)₃Si)₂O}] EtN-1 (the 1 : 2 complex of a POM unit and organosilyl groups), (Bu₄N)₃[A-PW₉O₃₄(HS(CH₂)₃SiOH)₃] BuN-2 (the 1 : 3 complex) and (Bu₄N)₃[A-α-PW₉O₃₄(HS(CH₂)₃SiO)₃(Si(CH₂)₃SH)] BuN-3 (the 1 : 4 complex) were synthesized and unequivocally characterized by elemental analysis, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA), FTIR, solid-state (²⁹Si and ³¹P) CPMAS NMR, solution (²⁹Si, ³¹P, ¹H and ¹³C) NMR, and X-ray crystallography. [Note: The moieties of their polyoxoanions are abbreviated simply as 1-3, respectively.] The X-ray molecular structures of EtN-1 and BuN-3 were determined.

Cyclic oligomer of oxide clusters through a siloxane bond. Synthesis and structure of reaction products of alpha2-mono-lacunary Dawson polyoxometalate with tetrachlorosilane and tetraethoxysilane.

The title compound with the formula (Me2NH2)13H5[{alpha2-P2W17O61(Si2O)}3(micro-O)3].39H2O Me2NH(2)-1 was obtained in 12.8% (0.