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Silicon surfaces

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STM, theory and experiment
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The fundamental atomic and electronic behaviour of clean silicon surfaces has been studied within a simple tight-binding picture of bonding in solids. Of the various contributions to the surface binding energy, the lowering in the promotion energy (i.e. rehybridization) which accompanies localized Jahn-Teller distortions has been identified as a major electronic driving force underlying the stability of silicon surfaces.

The structure of Si(113) has been experimentally determined by ...

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Publication date:
1991
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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English
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2013-01-18

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