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Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Approach to the Study of Grain Boundaries in Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

E. Tarnow ,
P. D. Bristowe ,
J. D. Joannopoulos  and
M. C. Payne
E. Tarnow
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
P. D. Bristowe
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
J. D. Joannopoulos
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
M. C. Payne
Affiliation:
Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE, England
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Abstract

Using an ab-initio molecular dynamics approach based on the Car-Parrinello method, the detailed atomic and electronic structure of a high-angle grain boundary in germanium is determined by investigating its energy-translation surface. Information concerning the coordination of the lowest energy configuration, its translation state, volume change, structure factor and local density of states is obtained.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 141: Symposium T – Atomic Scale Calculations in Materials Science , 1988 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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