We show by molecular dynamics simulations on a scale comparable to experimental dimensions that a peculiar surface reconstruction of the {105} facets is responsible for the stability of Ge pyramids on Si(001). This finding is confirmed by ab initio total energy calculations for competing surface reconstructions and a very satisfactory comparison of the corresponding charge density maps to scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of the facets, both for filled and empty states

Raiteri, P., Migas, D., Miglio, L., Rastelli, A., von Kanel, H. (2002). Critical role of the surface reconstruction in the thermodynamic stability of {105} Ge pyramids on Si(001). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 88(25) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.256103].

Critical role of the surface reconstruction in the thermodynamic stability of {105} Ge pyramids on Si(001)

Miglio, L;
2002

Abstract

We show by molecular dynamics simulations on a scale comparable to experimental dimensions that a peculiar surface reconstruction of the {105} facets is responsible for the stability of Ge pyramids on Si(001). This finding is confirmed by ab initio total energy calculations for competing surface reconstructions and a very satisfactory comparison of the corresponding charge density maps to scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of the facets, both for filled and empty states
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
surface reconstruction; epitaxy; ab initio
English
2002
88
25
256103
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Raiteri, P., Migas, D., Miglio, L., Rastelli, A., von Kanel, H. (2002). Critical role of the surface reconstruction in the thermodynamic stability of {105} Ge pyramids on Si(001). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 88(25) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.256103].
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