Energetics of As dimers on GaAs(001) As-rich surfaces
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (5) , 631-634
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.631
Abstract
The stabilities of GaAs(001) As-rich surfaces have been determined for the first time by state-of-the-art total-energy calculations. The As-rich surface is found to be inherently rough; it cannot exist thermodynamically in a complete As monolayer structure, but in a missing-As-dimer or a two-As-layered structure. The steepening relaxation of the As-dimer block is essential to the stability of the As-rich surface. The peculiar interaction between As dimers as obtained, which may play an important role in the growth mechanism. The validity of the electron counting model is discussed.Keywords
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