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"Finite temperature simulation of ad-dimer diffusion between dimer row and trough on Si(001)"
C.-C. Fu, M. Weissmann and A. Saúl
Proc. of the "10th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces" (ICSFS-10), Princeton, New Jersey, USA, July 9-13, 2000. Ed. S. Bernasek and A. Kahn
Appl. Surf. Sci. 175-176 (2001) 36-42
Abstract
The diffusion of adsorbed Si dimers on the reconstructed Si(001) surface is studied using molecular dynamics and a recently developed environment-dependent tight binding potential. The simulations are performed at 1300K, 163K below the experimental temperature at which the p(2x1) surface reconstruction is lost. Different initial conditions have been considered in each of the 64 simulations, giving a total simulation time is 5748 ps. At this temperature Si ad-dimers are still able to diffuse as a unit, without dissociation. We have found three different pathways for diffusion between the top of the dimer rows and the trough. One of them was already predicted by low temperature studies and the other two, are activated at high temperature contributing to make the diffusion less anisotropic.
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