Publication
Title
Extended defects formation in Si crystals by clustering of intrinsic point defects studied by in-situ electron irradiation in an HREM
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Abstract
In situ irradiation experiments in a high resolution electron microscope JEOL-4000EX at room temperature resulted in discovery of the isolated and combined clustering of vacancies and self-interstitial atoms on {111}- and {113}-habit planes both leading to an extended defect formation in Si crystals. The type of the defect is strongly affected by the type of supersaturation of point defects depending on the crystal thickness during electron irradiation. Because of the existence of energy barriers against recombination of interstitials with the extended aggregates of vacancies, a large family of intermediate defect configurations (IDCs) is formed on {113}- and {111}-habit planes at a low temperature under interstitial supersaturation in addition to the well-known {133}-defects of interstitial type. The formation of metastable IDCs inside vacancy aggregates prevents a way of recombination of defects in extended shape.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physica status solidi: A: applied research. - Berlin
Source (book)
International Conference on Extended Defects in Semiconductors (EDS 98), Sept. 06-11, 1998, Jaszowiec, Poland
Publication
Berlin : Wiley , 1999
ISSN
0031-8965 [print]
1521-396X [online]
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199901)171:1<147::AID-PSSA147>3.0.CO;2-U
Volume/pages
171 :1 (1999) , p. 147-157
ISI
000078539700020
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UAntwerpen
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