The basics of electronic structure theory for periodic systems

P Kratzer, J Neugebauer - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
When density functional theory is used to describe the electronic structure of periodic
systems, the application of Bloch's theorem to the Kohn-Sham wavefunctions greatly …

Grain boundary complexions

PR Cantwell, M Tang, SJ Dillon, J Luo, GS Rohrer… - Acta Materialia, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Grain boundaries exhibit phase-like behavior in which their structure, chemistry and
properties may change discontinuously at critical values of thermodynamic parameters such …

Germanium: Epitaxy and its applications

M Bosi, G Attolini - Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the most important properties of germanium, gives an insight into the
newer techniques and technology for the growth of epitaxial Ge thin layers and focuses on …

Highly optimized empirical potential model of silicon

TJ Lenosky, B Sadigh, E Alonso… - … and Simulation in …, 2000‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We fit an empirical potential for silicon using the modified embedded atom (MEAM)
functional form, which contains a nonlinear function of a sum of pairwise and three-body …

Deciphering the Atomistic Mechanism of Si (111)-7× 7 Surface Reconstruction Using a Machine-Learning Force Field

Y Shen, SI Morozov, K Luo, Q An… - Journal of the American …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
While the complex 7× 7 structure that arises upon annealing the Si (111) surface is well-
known, the mechanism underlying this unusual surface reconstruction has remained a …

Enhanced atomic precision fabrication by adsorption of phosphine into engineered dangling bonds on H–Si using STM and DFT

J Wyrick, X Wang, P Namboodiri, RV Kashid, F Fei… - ACS …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
The do** of Si using the scanning probe hydrogen depassivation lithography technique
has been shown to enable placing and positioning small numbers of P atoms with …

Metallic and Semimetallic Silicon Nanowires

R Rurali, N Lorente - Physical review letters, 2005‏ - APS
Silicon nanowires grown along the⟨ 100⟩ direction with a bulk Si core are studied with
density-functional calculations. Two surface reconstructions prevail after exploration of a …

Dynamics of Exciton Formation at the Si(100) Surface

M Weinelt, M Kutschera, T Fauster, M Rohlfing - Physical review letters, 2004‏ - APS
Carrier recombination at the Si (100) c (4× 2) surface and the underlying surface electronic
structure is unraveled by a combination of two-photon photoemission and many-body …

Density-functional-based construction of transferable nonorthogonal tight-binding potentials for Si and SiH

T Frauenheim, F Weich, T Köhler, S Uhlmann… - Physical Review B, 1995‏ - APS
We apply a previously reported density-functional-based scheme for the construction of
common nonorthogonal tight-binding (TB) matrix elements for Si and SiH within the …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic modeling of Si (100) thermal oxidation: Oxidation mechanisms and realistic amorphous interface generation

L Cvitkovich, D Waldhör, AM El-Sayed, M Jech… - Applied Surface …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Silicon and its native oxide SiO 2 have been utilized in semiconductor technology since the
1950s and are still crucial for the development of novel device technologies today. Recent …