Examples of etched diamond-cubic {111} Surfaces:


Etching of Si {111}


Array of four dislocations selectively etched on a {111} Si substrate, AFM image (Nanoscope Dimension 3000 SPM, Digital Instruments, Santa Barbara, CA). The dislocations were introduced into a dislocation-free 0.4-mm substrate by local deformation and bending at about 900 K and revealed by etching. Courtesy of Edward M. Nadgorny.



Naturally etched Diamond {111}


3-mm diamond in eclogite from Udachnaya mine, Republic of Sakha.


Equilibrium Si {111}Monte Carlo Simulations