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Stability of structural defects of polycrystalline silicon grown by rapid thermal annealing of amorphous silicon films

Girginoudi et al., 1995

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966804523711774824
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Girginoudi D
Girginoudi S
Thanailakis A
Georgoulas N
Stoemenos J
Antonopoulos J
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Thin Solid Films

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The crystallization of a-Si films, grown by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition and annealed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA), at 850° C in conjunction with conventional heating at 600° C for 6 h, has been studied using transmission electron microscopy. The …
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