Reconstruction of silicon surfaces: A stochastic optimization problem

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Ciobanu, Cristian V ^a,b   Predescu, Cristian ^c  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ENERGY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 19544390880     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085321     Document Type: Article

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