<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Professor Gironcoli,<br><br></div>Thank you for your time. I do not think I understand the dependence of the band offset in the interface. From what I understand, band offset calculations are obtained from the average potential in the bulk region and bulk band edges (or core levels). I have seen many journals that state the interface structure is important, and I know they should be. However, I do not know how the structure of the interface affects the band offset if only the bulk band edges and bulk average potetential are used to calculate it. Could you recommend me a reference that explains this? Most references that I have found show how defects and strain influence the band offset but do not explain why. <br><br></div>Thank you in advance,<br><br></div>Dae Kwang Jun<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Stefano de Gironcoli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:degironc@sissa.it" target="_blank">degironc@sissa.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">... However in the case of band lineup between heterovalent material band offset is strongly dependent on details of the interface.. So I don't know how meaningful the calculation can be.<br>
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</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> On 05 Jun 2016, at 10:17, Stefano de Gironcoli <<a href="mailto:degironc@sissa.it">degironc@sissa.it</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I think one could use the electric field option putting a dipole layer deep in the bulk of one of the two materials (maybe the metal) and monitor when the macroscopic average of the electrostatic potential is horizontal in the oxide to obtain the electrostatic lineup.<br>
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> stefano<br>
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>> On 05 Jun 2016, at 07:29, Dae Kwang Jun <<a href="mailto:jdaekwang@gmail.com">jdaekwang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Dear all,<br>
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>> I am trying to find the band offset between a polar metal oxide and a metal. Is it possible to make a dipole correction without any vacuum in the superlattice or supercell?<br>
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>> Sincerely,<br>
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>> Dae Kwang Jun<br>
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