JOURNAL ARTICLE

Electron correlation effects at vacancies in Si(111) unreconstructed surfaces

J. A. VergésC. TejedorF. FlóresE. Louis

Year: 1984 Journal:   Physical review. B, Condensed matter Vol: 30 (2)Pages: 1038-1041   Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract

Electron correlation effects at vacancies in Si(111) unreconstructed surfaces have been analyzed within a tight-binding two-dimensional model. The electron density of states has been calculated and found to differ significantly from that characteristic of a one-electron model. Its effect on the Jahn-Teller distortion is also discussed; we find that electron correlation effects favor the vacancy distortion.

Keywords:
Distortion (music) Electron Vacancy defect Electronic correlation Condensed matter physics Materials science Atomic physics Physics Nuclear physics

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Topics

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Ion-surface interactions and analysis
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Computational Mechanics

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