Barriers for the diffusion of Si and C adatoms on an ideal (non-reconstructed) Si(111) surface and at SiC clusters of various sizes occurring on this surface were determined using molecular dynamics simulations with a many-body Tersoff potential.

Molecular Dynamics Study of the Diffusion Barriers for Silicon and Carbon Adatoms on a Si(111) Surface. V.S.Kharlamov, M.N.Lubov, E.E.Zhurkin, Y.V.Trushin: Technical Physics Letters, 2006, 32[8], 687-90