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Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Nitride: Structural and Electronic Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. F. Justo ,
F. De Brito Mota  and
A. Fazziom
J. F. Justo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física da USP, CP 66318, CEP 05315-970, Sāo Paulo - SP, Brazil
F. De Brito Mota
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física da USP, CP 66318, CEP 05315-970, Sāo Paulo - SP, Brazil Instituto de Física da UFBa, Campus Universitario de Ondina. CEP 40210-340, Salvador - BA, Brazil
A. Fazziom
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física da USP, CP 66318, CEP 05315-970, Sāo Paulo - SP, Brazil
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Abstract

We combined empirical and ab initio methods to study structural and electronic properties of amorphous silicon nitride. For such study, we developed an interatomic potential to describe the interactions between silicon, nitrogen, and hydrogen atoms. Using this potential, we performed Monte Carlo simulations in a simulated annealing scheme to study structural properties of amorphous silicon nitride. Then this potential was used to generate relevant structures of a-SiNx:Hy which were input configurations to ab initio calculations. We investigated the electronic and structural role played by hydrogen incorporation in amorphous silicon nitride.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 538: Symposium J – Multiscale Modelling of Materials , 1998 , 555
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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