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Quasicrystalline Phase of Silicon on Glass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2013

A. R. Middya  and
Kartik Ghosh
A. R. Middya
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 - 1130
Kartik Ghosh
Affiliation:
Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science Department, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804
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Abstract

In this paper, we report new phase of crystalline silicon, quasicrystalline silicon thin-film on glass substrate. The surface topography of these films reveal simultaneous existence of sixfold and fivefold symmetry. We found an array of quasi-unit cell in 2-D that formed quasicrystalline solid. This is first time demonstration of quasicrystalline for single element, silicon (Si). Raman spectra suggests that we found crystalline silicon structure on glass substrate that is not single-crystal silicon (c-Si) but very close to c-Si.

Keywords

quasicrystalchemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)crystallographic structure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1493: Symposium E/H – Photovoltaic Technologies, Devices and Systems Based on Inorganic Materials, Small Organic Molecules and Hybrids , 2013 , pp. 169 - 174
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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