Growth of amorphous silicon: Low energy molecular dynamics simulation of atomic bombardment

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Kohary, K ^a,b   Kugler, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Growth; Radial distribution function; Tight binding molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; QUANTUM THEORY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC BOMBARDMENT; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; TIGHT-BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (TBMD);

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 2942613275     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020310001624690     Document Type: Article

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