Evolutionary approach for finding the atomic structure of steps on stable crystal surfaces

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dc.creatorBriggs, R. M.
dc.creatorCiobanu, C. V.
dc.date2007-02-27
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dc.descriptionThe problem addressed here can be concisely formulated as follows: given a stable surface orientation with a known reconstruction and given a direction in the plane of this surface, find the atomic structure of the steps oriented along that direction. We report a robust and generally applicable variable-number genetic algorithm for step structure determination and exemplify it by determining the structure of monatomic steps on Si(114)-$2\times 1$. We show how the location of the step edge with respect to the terrace reconstructions, the step width (number of atoms), and the positions of the atoms in the step region can all be simultaneously determined.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702622
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702622
dc.identifierPhysical Review B 75, 195415 (2007) (7 pages)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.195415
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/128835
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleEvolutionary approach for finding the atomic structure of steps on stable crystal surfaces
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