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Symmetry and Structure of Cubic Semiconductor Surfaces

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Publication Date2017-10-17
JournalLangmuir
AuthorsStephen J. Jenkins
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
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A systematic stereographic approach to the description of surface symmetry and structure, applied previously to face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, and hexagonal close-packed metals, is here extended to the surfaces of diamond-structure and zinc-blende-structure semiconductors. A variety of symmetry-structure combinations are categorized and the chiral properties of certain cases emphasized. A general condition for nonpolarity in the surfaces of zincblende materials is also noted.

  1. 1976 - Solid State Physics