Arsenic adatom structures for Ge(111) and Si(111) surfaces: First-principles calculations

Surface Science

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-393

  Cheng, C ^a   Kunc, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adatoms; Arsenic; Density functional calculations; Germanium; Silicon; Surface energy; Surface relaxation and reconstruction; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; GERMANIUM; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SILICON;

ADATOMS; ELECTRONIC CHARGE DENSITIES;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030243347     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(96)00722-4     Document Type: Article

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