Towards SiC surface functionalization: An ab initio study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Cicero, Giancarlo ^a   Catellani, Alessandra ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN ZONE (BZ); DENSITY-OF-STATES (DOF); ELECTRONIC WAVE FUNCTIONS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS (HOMO); ISOLATED MOLECULES; LOWEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS (LUMO); METHYLAMINE;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 21344460721     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1924546     Document Type: Article

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