Theory of hydrogen-related metastability in disordered silicon

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Tuttle, B R ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND CENTER (BC); CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; POTENTIAL MICROSCOPIC MODELS; SILICON BONDS;

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SILICON;

EID: 42749100676     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.215504     Document Type: Article

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