Absence of an abrupt phase change from polycrystalline to amorphous in silicon with deposition temperature

P. M. Voyles, J. E. Gerbi, M. M.J. Treacy, J. M. Gibson, J. R. Abelson

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Abstract

Fluctuation electron microscopy was used to account for the continuous evolution in the paracrystalline medium-range order of amorphous silicon thin films with increasing substrate temperature from the amorphous to polycrystalline regimes. There was no first-order, order-disorder phase transition between amorphous and polycrystalline silicon films.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5514-5517
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume86
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 11 2001
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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