TY - JOUR
T1 - First-principles study on energetics of c-BN(001) reconstructed surfaces
AU - Yamauchi, Jun
AU - Tsukada, Masaru
AU - Watanabe, Satoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
We are indebted to Dr. K. Shiraishi, Professor T. Nakayama, Dr. K. Kobayashi and Professor N. Shima for much useful advice on calculational programs and various discussions. We wish to thank Dr. T. Ohno for fruitful discussions on GaAs surfaces. This work is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. The numerical calculations were performed by S-3800 at the Computer Center of University of Tokyo and by HITAC S-820 at Institute of Molecular Science.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Total energies of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) (001) surfaces are systematically studied for various reconstructed configurations by the local density-functional approach with ultrasoft pseudopotentials. Stable phases as a function of nitrogen chemical potential are predicted theoretically. We examine the validity of the electron counting (EC) rule, which plays an important role for the study of the GaAs surfaces, and obtain supplemental factors to determine stable surface structures. The results of the total-energy minimization calculation demonstrate that the EC rule holds very well within the models that contain at most one layer with defects and no interlayer N-N and B-B bonds, and that next to the EC rule, the electrostatic energy has the most important role in determining stable structures. Furthermore, in the nitrogen-rich region, we found that the EC rule does not hold, because the energy difference between the N-B and N-N bonds is larger than the energy gain from using the EC model. We suggest that the important factors for determining stable structures of the c-BN(001) surface are N-B bond saturation, the EC rule, and electrostatic energy, whose effect decreases in this order. The difference between c-BN and GaAs surfaces is also discussed.
AB - Total energies of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) (001) surfaces are systematically studied for various reconstructed configurations by the local density-functional approach with ultrasoft pseudopotentials. Stable phases as a function of nitrogen chemical potential are predicted theoretically. We examine the validity of the electron counting (EC) rule, which plays an important role for the study of the GaAs surfaces, and obtain supplemental factors to determine stable surface structures. The results of the total-energy minimization calculation demonstrate that the EC rule holds very well within the models that contain at most one layer with defects and no interlayer N-N and B-B bonds, and that next to the EC rule, the electrostatic energy has the most important role in determining stable structures. Furthermore, in the nitrogen-rich region, we found that the EC rule does not hold, because the energy difference between the N-B and N-N bonds is larger than the energy gain from using the EC model. We suggest that the important factors for determining stable structures of the c-BN(001) surface are N-B bond saturation, the EC rule, and electrostatic energy, whose effect decreases in this order. The difference between c-BN and GaAs surfaces is also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.5586
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.5586
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000873095
VL - 54
SP - 5586
EP - 5603
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 8
ER -