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Survey of the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Crystallization of Si and Ge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. Turnbull*
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

The thermodynamic interrelations of the crystalline (c-sc), amorphous semiconducting (a-sc) and liquid metal (lm) states of Si and Ge, based on the existing thermal data, are reviewed. Then the kinetics of the interfacial processes in the growth of c-sc and a-sc into undercooled lm and the conditions for transition from c-sc to a-sc growth are discussed.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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