Substrate-induced pairing of Si ad-dimers on the Si(100) surface

[摘要] The interaction between Si ad-dimers on the Si(100) surface has been studied by total-energy calculations with a three-particle Stillinger-Weber potential. We have found a strong attractive interaction between neighboring Si ad-dimers located in neighboring on-top and deep-channel positions in adjacent substrate dimer rows. This should result in a four-atomic block consisting of two dimers as an important elementary object of the Si(100) kinetics. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

[发布日期] 1997-07-20

[关键词] surface diffusion;surface structure;vicinal single crystal surfaces