Ordering of As impurities in a Si dislocation core

We demonstrate by ab initio calculations that segregation of As in a dislocation core in Si occurs in the form of an ordered chain of As atoms running along the dislocation pipe. All As atoms in the chain achieve threefold coordination and the segregation energy is close to 1 eV per As atom.

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