Twinning occurrence and grain competition in multi-crystalline silicon during solidification

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Tandjaoui, Amina ^a,b   Mangelinck Noel, Nathalie ^a,b   Reinhart, Guillaume ^a,b   Billia, Bernard ^a,b   Guichard, Xavier ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Grain competition; Silicon; Solidification; Synchrotron; Twins; X ray radiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875580606     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2012.12.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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