STRUCTURAL, ELECTRONIC, AND VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF SI(111)-2X1 FROM ABINITIO MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS

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ANCILOTTO, F [1 ]
ANDREONI, W [1 ]
SELLONI, A [1 ]
CAR, R [1 ]
PARRINELLO, M [1 ]
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[1] SCUOLA INT SUPER STUDI AVANZATI,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3148
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present the results of an ab initio molecular-dynamics study of the Si(111) surface at low temperatures. Our findings for the equilibrium structure confirm the Pandey (2×1) chain model and are in very good agreement with both low-energy electron diffraction and medium-energy ion-scattering data, showing in particular a large buckling of the surface chains. We describe the dynamical path followed during the reconstruction from the ideal bulk-terminated surface, which is found to be unstable. The phonon spectrum, which is calculated ab initio for the first time, shows well-defined surface modes at frequencies close to the measured values. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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