Thermodynamically stable amorphous intergranular films in nanocrystalline silicon

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Keblinski, P ^a   Phillpot, S R ^a   Wolf, D ^a   Gleiter, H ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Nanocrystalline; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON; TEXTURES;

CRYSTALLIZATION FROM THE MELTS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; INTERGRANULAR FILMS; METASTABLE MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 0039860483     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(96)00925-5     Document Type: Article

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