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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 107, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3357297
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The atomistic structure of the graphene buffer layer on Si-terminated SiC is investigated using a modified version of the environment-dependent interatomic potential. The determination of the equilibrium state by the conjuguate gradients method suffers from a complex multiple-minima energy surface. The initial configuration is therefore modified to set the system in specific valleys of the energy surface. The solution of minimal energy forms a hexagonal pattern composed of stuck regions separated by unbonded rods that release the misfit with the SiC surface. The structure presents the experimental symmetries and a global agreement with an ab initio calculation. It is therefore expected that the interatomic potential could be used in classical molecular dynamics calculations to study the graphene growth. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3357297]
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