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Formation of parallel (111) twin boundaries in silicon growth from the melt explained by molecular dynamics simulations

Pohl, Johan ; Mueller, Michael ; Seidl, Albrecht ; Albe, Karsten (2010)
Formation of parallel (111) twin boundaries in silicon growth from the melt explained by molecular dynamics simulations.
In: J. Cryst. Growth, 312 (8)
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.09.043
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Twin formation in silicon growth from the melt is examined by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. For a moderate undercooling of 25 K. we find that twins do not nucleate on (111) microfacets in the perfect crystal, but exclusively occur in the vicinity of grain boundaries. Only at an undercooling of 150 K, we observe the formation of metastable twin bounded loops with incoherent interfaces to the matrix consisting of coherency and anticoherency dislocations. In conclusion, the nucleation of stable twins in silicon growth requires the presence of a grain boundary or more general of a three-phase boundary, but is unlikely to occur on ideal (111) facets because of the excess energy of the interfacial area between matrix and twinned crystal. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2010
Autor(en): Pohl, Johan ; Mueller, Michael ; Seidl, Albrecht ; Albe, Karsten
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Formation of parallel (111) twin boundaries in silicon growth from the melt explained by molecular dynamics simulations
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 1 April 2010
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: J. Cryst. Growth
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 312
(Heft-)Nummer: 8
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.09.043
URL / URN: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024809...
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Twin formation in silicon growth from the melt is examined by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. For a moderate undercooling of 25 K. we find that twins do not nucleate on (111) microfacets in the perfect crystal, but exclusively occur in the vicinity of grain boundaries. Only at an undercooling of 150 K, we observe the formation of metastable twin bounded loops with incoherent interfaces to the matrix consisting of coherency and anticoherency dislocations. In conclusion, the nucleation of stable twins in silicon growth requires the presence of a grain boundary or more general of a three-phase boundary, but is unlikely to occur on ideal (111) facets because of the excess energy of the interfacial area between matrix and twinned crystal. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Freie Schlagworte: A1. Twin formation, A1. Computer simulation, A2. Growth from melt, B1. Semiconducting silicon
Zusätzliche Informationen:

The 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy/The 14th US Biennial Workshop on Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy/The 6th International Workshop on Modeling in Crystal Growth

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft > Fachgebiet Materialmodellierung
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
Hinterlegungsdatum: 22 Feb 2012 16:17
Letzte Änderung: 05 Mär 2013 09:59
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Sponsoren: This work has been supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety under Grant no. 0329717C., Furthermore, we acknowledge grants of computer time from the Center of Scientific Computing (CSC) Frankurt and Hochschulrechenzentrum (HRZ) Darmstadt.
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