TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of the Sr-induced reconstruction of the Si (001) surface
AU - Demkov, Alexander A.
AU - Zhang, Xiaodong
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Rodney McKee of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for many insightful discussions. This work is in part funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-0548182 (A.D.)
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - By using first-principles calculations, we theoretically investigate the surface reconstruction caused by the adsorption of Sr on the Si (001) surface. For the Sr coverage below 1/ 2 monolayer (ML), the system behavior is dominated by the charge transfer between Sr and silicon that results in the "unbuckling" of Si dimers. At a higher coverage, the surface begins to "undimerize." At the 1 ML coverage, a geometric size constraint induces a series of reconstructions such as 3×, 5×, 7×, etc., characterized by 1×1 reconstructed patches separated by a dimer row. Calculations of the surface energy as function of coverage suggest that for 1 ML of Sr 3×, 5×, and 7× reconstructions of the surface are preferred under the Sr rich conditions, which is in good agreement with the experiment.
AB - By using first-principles calculations, we theoretically investigate the surface reconstruction caused by the adsorption of Sr on the Si (001) surface. For the Sr coverage below 1/ 2 monolayer (ML), the system behavior is dominated by the charge transfer between Sr and silicon that results in the "unbuckling" of Si dimers. At a higher coverage, the surface begins to "undimerize." At the 1 ML coverage, a geometric size constraint induces a series of reconstructions such as 3×, 5×, 7×, etc., characterized by 1×1 reconstructed patches separated by a dimer row. Calculations of the surface energy as function of coverage suggest that for 1 ML of Sr 3×, 5×, and 7× reconstructions of the surface are preferred under the Sr rich conditions, which is in good agreement with the experiment.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2924433
DO - 10.1063/1.2924433
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44649199862
SN - 0021-8979
VL - 103
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
IS - 10
M1 - 103710
ER -