unreconstruct

verb

unreconstruct

verb

Etymology From un- + reconstruct.

1

To reverse or undo the effects of reconstruction.

  • It is interesting that in cases where the surface does not have the geometry and periodicity of the bulk-terminated plane, the interaction of hydrogen with surface atoms is strong enough to unreconstruct the complicated reconstruction patterns.1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics, RLE Progress Report - Issue 131, page 83:
  • The argument for describing these surfaces as bulk terminated, as chlorine adsorption is known to unreconstruct silicon surfaces, was presented in chapter 1.1997, Carlotta Marie Paulsen-Boaz, The Carrier-mediated Photodesorption Reaction on Chlorinated Silicon Surfaces:
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  • Hydrogen adsorption can unreconstruct surfaces and passivate surface dangling bonds, and thus can change the surface properties dramatically.2002, Hari Singh Nalwa, Handbook of Thin Film Materials:

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