Stability of Ordered Bulk and Epitaxial Semiconductor Alloys

José Luı́s Martins, Alex Zunger

Physical Review Letters · 1986 · 249 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Using first-principles self-consistent total-energy calculations for unconstrained and epitaxially confined models of Si-C and Si-Ge alloys we study the general classes of stability of ordered phases of semiconductor alloys. The unusual ordering observed in SiGe grown on a Si substrate is explained.

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