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Thermodynamically stable amorphous intergranular films in nanocrystalline silicon

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:510581
Molecular dynamics simulations were used to synthesize fully dense nanocrystalline silicon by crystallization from the melt. Results demonstrate that in thermodynamic equilibrium noncrystalline silicon may be treated as a two phase system composed of crystalline grain interiors connected by an amorphous intergranular phase.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
510581
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/PP--89706; ON: DE97008366
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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