DOI: 10.1126/science.1214780. The Local Structure of Amorphous Silicon

The Local Structure of Amorphous Silicon

10.1126/science.1214780

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Abstract

Paracrystalline Amorphous silicon has traditionally been represented by a continuous random network model in which there is no long-range ordering for the atoms, and some have less than fourfold coordination, which form dangling bonds—a type of defect. Treacy and Borisenko (p. 950 ; see the Perspective by Gibson ) used fluctuation electron microscopy to explain that models including regions of crystalline order are needed to fit the observed local variations in structure. Thus, on the 1- to 2-nanometer-length scale, this material should be thought of as having a paracrystalline structure containing localized crystalline regions.

Bibliography

Treacy, M. M. J., & Borisenko, K. B. (2012). The Local Structure of Amorphous Silicon. Science, 335(6071), 950â953.

Authors 2

M. M. J. Treacy (first)
K. B. Borisenko (additional)

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