Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-10-18
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
The effect of different surface defects on the atomic and electronic structures of cubic $\beta$-SiC(110) surface are studied by means of a first principles calculation based on Density Functional Theory using the SIESTA code. In the calculations, the possibility of different spin population at each atom is allowed. We find that while adsorption of oxygen or nitrogen and adsorption of hydrogen at the C surface carbon atoms do not induce magnetic moments on SiC(110); Si vacancies, substitutional C at the Si site and H or F adsorbed at the silicon surface sites induce localized magnetic moments as large as 0.7 $\mu_{B}$ at the carbon atoms close to the defect. The local magnetic moment arrange ment varies from ferromagnetic in the case of H adsorption to antiferromagnetic in the Si vacancy and substitutional C cases. The case of H adsorption at the Si surface atoms is discussed in detail. It is concluded that magnetism is mainly due to the local character of the C valence orbitals.
Lorente Nicolás
Poissier Adrien
Yndurain Felix
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