Amorphous HfO(2) and Hf(1-x)Si(x)O via a melt-and-quench scheme using ab initio molecular dynamics

作者:Scopel Wanderla L*; da Silva Antonio J R; Fazzio A
来源:Physical Review B, 2008, 77(17): 172101.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.172101

摘要

We have performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to generate an atomic structure model of amorphous hafnium oxide (a-HfO(2)) via a melt-and-quench scheme. This structure is analyzed via bond-angle and partial pair distribution functions. These results give a Hf-O average nearest-neighbor distance of 2.2 angstrom, which should be compared to the bulk value, which ranges from 1.96 to 2.54 angstrom. We have also investigated the neutral O vacancy and a substitutional Si impurity for various sites, as well as the amorphous phase of Hf(1-x)Si(x)O(2) for x=0.25, 0375, and 0.5.

  • 出版日期2008-5