VERY-LOW ENERGY SURFACE OF SILICON

被引:8
作者
CLARK, SJ [1 ]
ACKLAND, GJ [1 ]
CRAIN, J [1 ]
PAYNE, MC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.5728
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Depressurization of Si from its metallic beta-Sn modification results in a dense metastable form (Si-III), which is semimetallic and persists indefinitely at ambient pressure. We have investigated possible reconstructions of the Si-III (001) surface using ab initio pseudopotential calculations and find that a configuration comprised of adatoms and symmetric dimers has, to the best of our knowledge, a lower surface energy than any other previously reported surface of silicon.
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页码:5728 / 5731
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