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There has been renewed interest in the structure of III-V compound semiconductor (001) surfaces caused by recent experimental and theoretical findings, which indicate that geometries different from the seemingly well-established dimer models describe the surface ground state for specific preparation conditions. I review briefly the structure information available on the (001) surfaces of GaP, InP, GaAs and InAs. These data are complemented with first-principles total-energy calculations. The calculated surface phase diagrams are used to explain the experimental data and reveal that the stability of specific surface structures depends largely on the relative size of the surface constituents. Several structural models for the Ga-rich GaAs (001)(4×6) surface are discussed, but dismissed on energetic grounds. I discuss in some detail the electronic properties of the recently proposed cation-rich GaAs (001)ζ(4×2) geometry.
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Received: 18 May 2001 / Revised version: 23 July 2001 / Published online: 3 April 2002
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Schmidt, W. III-V compound semiconductor (001) surfaces . Appl Phys A 75, 89–99 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390101058
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390101058