MONTE-CARLO STUDIES OF TERNARY SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS - APPLICATION TO THE SI1-X-YGEXCY SYSTEM

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KELIRES, PC [1 ]
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[1] FDN RES & TECHNOL HELLAS, GR-71110 IRAKLION, GREECE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1114
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The structural properties of Si-Ge-C alloys are studied using Monte Carlo simulations. The large size mismatch among the constituents is overcome by introducing atom-identity switches accompanied with neighbor-atom relaxations. A repulsive interaction between carbon atoms is found, so no clustering is observed. No formation of Ge-C bonds is foreseen. The lattice structural parameters show strong deviations from linear behavior.
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