Relaxations ofTiO2- and SrO-terminatedSrTiO3(001) surfaces

Abstract
Surface relaxations and electronic structures of (001) surfaces of cubic SrTiO3 have been studied by first-principles total-energy calculations with the generalized-gradient approximation. Both TiO2-terminated (surface-I) and SrO-terminated (surface-II) surfaces are investigated and the atomic configurations have been fully relaxed. We show that both surfaces show a first-layer buckling, with oxygen ions being pulled out of the surface and a relaxation of the interlayer distances.