Reconstruction and thermal stability of the cubic SiC(001) surfaces
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- 26 August 1996
Abstract
The (001) surfaces of cubic SiC were investigated with ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations. We show that C-terminated surfaces can have different c(2x2) and p(2x1) reconstructions, depending on preparation conditions and thermal treatment, and we suggest experimental probes to identify the various reconstructed geometries. Furthermore we show that Si-terminated surfaces exhibit a p(2x1) reconstruction at T=0, whereas above room temperature they oscillate between a dimer row and an ideal geometry below 500 K, and sample several patterns including a c(4x2) above 500 K.Keywords
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- Version 1, 1996-08-26, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 77 (25), 5090.
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