Melting and crystallization of nanocrystalline silicon microwires through rapid self-heating

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Bakan, G ^a   Cywar, A ^a   Silva, H ^a   Gokirmak, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LIQUID SILICON; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; MICRO WIRE; NANOCRYSTALLINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SELF-HEATING; VOLTAGE PULSE; WIRE SURFACES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WIRE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 67649479382     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3159877     Document Type: Article

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