The effect of strain on the reconstruction of a silicon-rich SiC(001) surface was computed using MedeA-VASP. The (3x2) reconstruction involves the formation and tilting of surface silicon dimers
In addition to the lattice parameters, the rutile structure has an additional degree of freedom, namely the position of the oxygen atom. This case study shows the simultaneous calculation of all these structural degrees of freedom.
The introduction of vacancies in a crystalline solid causes a local rearrangement of atoms around
the defect. The purpose of this case study is the prediction of such changes in α-quartz.