CLEAVAGE ENERGIES IN SEMICONDUCTORS

被引:15
作者
BERDING, MA [1 ]
KRISHNAMURTHY, S [1 ]
SHER, A [1 ]
CHEN, AB [1 ]
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[1] AUBURN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,AUBURN,AL 36849
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10.1063/1.345181
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present a method for the calculation of the surface and cleavage energies, Eγ, for semiconductors, based on a tight-binding Green's function approach and a difference-equation solution for the layered structure. Energies are calculated for a representative group of semiconductors, and cleavage energies are found to agree well with the available experimental data. We find ESiγ(111)=1360 ergs/cm2, and Eγ(110)=1000, 180, and 120 ergs/cm2 for GaAs, CdTe, and HgTe, respectively.
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