Abstract
A new microscopic model of heteroepitaxial growth is introduced using GaAs on Si(100) as a prototype. This model takes into account specific features of surface topology, predicts that in the prototype system conventional two-dimensional epitaxy should be inhibited, and provides a fundamental explanation for three-dimensional nature of the initial stages of growth. The ingredients of the model, which are supported by total-energy calculations, include new structural geometries for each state of growth and the chemical and rehybridization reactions linking these stages.
- Received 21 November 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2484
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