Speaker
Ms
Eva Khoza
(University of Pretoria)
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
MSc
Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Abstract content <br> (Max 300 words)
SiC is a technologically important material because of its hardness and semi-conducting properties. SiC surfaces are important, for example, as a substrate in the growth of graphene. The epitaxial growth of SiC is important and here the structure of SiC surfaces are relevant. In our work, we study surfaces of SiC using first principles total energy methods. We consider surfaces of the cubic and hexagonal forms of SiC, both Si-terminated and C-terminated. Our primary focus is adatoms and vacancies on these surfaces. We have shown the effect of surface geometry on these defect complexes with the view of determining low energy configurations.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Prof Nithaya Chetty, nithaya.chetty@up.ac.za, University Of Pretoria
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Primary author
Ms
Eva Khoza
(University of Pretoria)
Co-author
Prof.
Nithaya Chetty
(University of Pretoria)