Dimer-flipping-assisted diffusion on a Si(001) surface

J. Zi; B. J. Min; Y. Lu; C. Z. Wang; K. M. Ho

doi:10.1063/1.1336167

Dimer-flipping-assisted diffusion on a Si(001) surface

J. Zi, B. J. Min, Y. Lu, C. Z. Wang, K. M. Ho

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The binding sites and diffusion pathways of Si adatoms on a c(4X2) reconstructed Si(001) surface are investigated by a tight-binding method with an environment-dependent silicon potential in conjunction with ab initio calculations using the Car-Parrinello method. A new diffusion pathway along the trough edge driven by dimer flipping is found with a barrier of 0.74 eV, comparable to that of 0.68 eV along the top of the dimer rows.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4184-4186
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1336167
Publication status	Published - 2000 Dec 18

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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