Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-06-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
Surface reconstructions on the polar ZnO(0001) surface are investigated using empirical potential models. Several possible reconstructions based around triangular motifs are investigated. The quenching of the dipole moment in the material dominates the energetics of the surface patterns so that no one particular size of surface triangular island or pit is strongly favoured. We employ Monte Carlo simulations to explore which patterns emerge from a high temperature quench and during deposition of additional ZnO monolayers. The simulations show that a range of triangular islands and pits evolve in competition with one another. The surface patterns we discover are qualitatively similar to those observed experimentally.
Meskine Hakim
Mulheran Paul A.
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