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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Conjugate-gradient (CG) techniques for ab initio calculations of large complex systems have been examined for SIC-Al interfaces. The CG method by Bylander, Kleinman and Lee is more efficient than the Teter-Payne-Allan (TPA) method, the modified TPA method and the block Davidson method, although the TPA method is efficient for SiC surfaces. From the relaxed configurations, we have found strong attractive interactions between C and Al atoms, which should play a favorable role for adhesion between SiC and Al.