Hydrogen-induced surface metallization of β-SiC(100)-(37times;2) revisited by density functional theory calculations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Di Felice, R ^a   Bertoni, C M ^a   Pignedoli, C A ^a,c   Catellani, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^c IBM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANGLING BONDS (DB); DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; RELAXED GEOMETRY; SURFACE BANDS;

ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIMERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; METALLIZING; SILICON CARBIDE; STOICHIOMETRY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 18044395941     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.116103     Document Type: Article

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