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Stability and Growth of Lennard-Jones Strained Layer Superlattice Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Brian W. Dodson
Brian W. Dodson*
Affiliation:
Division 1131, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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Abstract

In the context of a model system whose atoms interact via Lennard-Jones (LJ) interatomic potentials, we have studied the stability of an initially perfect strained layer superlattice interface (SLS) and the process of growth of a mismatched layer on a substrate using Monte Carlo techniques. An initially perfect SLS interface is found to be metastable up to 12% mismatch, a much higher value than is found on real SLS systems. In contrast, we find that, within the limitations of the calculations, a perfect SLS interface cannot be grown in an LJ system. The implications of these results for understanding SLS growth processes is discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 37: Symposium D – Layered Structures, Epitaxy, and Interfaces , 1984 , 327
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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