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Manipulation of Nucleation Sites in Solid-State Crystallization of Amorphous Si Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
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Nucleation sites are manipulated in amorphous Si films to control grain location and the size distribution during the solid-state crystallization. The principle of the method is theoretically investigated. Nucleation is suppressed and the sites are periodically formed in the plane of amorphous films by 2-step Si ion implantation. Thermal annealing causes preferential nucleation of single nuclei at the artificial sites and they grow laterally in the film. Consequently, 3 μm large grains were arranged in a matrix with a narrow size distribution.
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