First-principles investigation on initial stage of 2H-SiC(001) surface oxidation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1487-1494

  Wang, Junjie ^a   Zhang, Litong ^a   Zeng, Qingfeng ^a   Gérard, Vignoles L ^b   Guette, Alain ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

2H SiC; Adsorption; Diffusion path; First principles; Potential energy surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649127201     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0133-3     Document Type: Article

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