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Electron dangling bonds above the top-layer on the Si(001)-surface


Oblique view of electron density in the two top surface layers. The atom and electron dynamics can be visualized by a short video (1.2 Mbytes) by clicking with the mouse into the following picture-frame

For a more extended movie (7.7 Mbytes) please click here
For more information see:

Coupled Motion of Electrons and Atoms on the Si(001) Surface
E.P. Stoll, A. Baratoff, A. Mangili, and D. Maric
CSCS/SCSC - Annual Report 1994, pg. 23,

Coupled Atom and Electron Motions on the Si(001) Surface from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics and their Visualization by a Video
E.P. Stoll, A. Baratoff, A. Mangili, and D. Maric,
CrosSCutS,4, #3, 18 (1995)
and
Coupled atom and electron motions on the Si(001) surface from first-Principles molecular dynamics and their visualization by a video
E.P. Stoll, A. Baratoff, A. Mangili, and D. Maric
Materials Science & Engeneering, B37 (1996) 155-157

The calculations were performed with the Car-Parrinello computer program and the advise of Wanda Andreoni at the IBM Research Lab Rueschlikon.

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