Pressure-induced amorphization and an amorphous - Amorphous transition in densified porous silicon

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6863, 2001, Pages 528-530

  Deb, Sudip K ^a   Wilding, Martin ^b   Somayazulu, Maddury ^c   McMillan, Paul F ^d,e  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS;

POROUS SILICON;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRESSURE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0035969544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35107036     Document Type: Article

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