Abstract
Computational efficiency for the simulation of bulk crystals and surfaces is highly desirable. In an effort to study semiconductor crystals, we present a self-consistent treatment for the simulation of silicon crystals and surfaces based on the combination of a siligen model and a semiempirical Hamiltonian method. An artificial atom called siligen is introduced for the application of the semiempirical method to finite-size silicon clusters. The calculated average bond energies for the saturated silicon clusters are between 2.045 and 2.568 eV, compared to the measured value of 2.31 eV. A simulated bulk silicon surface using siligens is introduced in order to examine variation of the bond strength between fluorine atoms and the simulated silicon (111) surface. It is found that bond strength computed from the simulated surface, with siligens, rapidly converges to a saturated limit as the number of surface layers increases, while a pure silicon (111) surface without siligens yields no satisfactory convergence.
Recommended Citation
C. K. Lutrus et al., "Simulation of Bulk Silicon Crystals and Si(111) Surfaces with Application to a Study of Fluorine Coverage of the Surfaces," Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), vol. 48, no. 20, pp. 15086 - 15091, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Nov 1993.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.15086
Department(s)
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0163-1829
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1993 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 1993
