Low-temperature ion-induced epitaxial growth of alfa-FeSi2 and cubic FeSi2 in Si

Ion-beam-induced epitaxial crystallization of amorphous Si implanted with Fe to 18 at. % peak concentration was studied. The structure of the specimen was characterized using transmission electron microscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Both cubic FeSi, and a-FeSi, were formed in epit...

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Authors: Lin, X.W., Behar, Moni, Desimoni, Judith, Bernas, H., Washburn, J., Liliental-Weber, Zuzanna
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1993
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/140557
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/140557
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Física da matéria condensada
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Summary:Ion-beam-induced epitaxial crystallization of amorphous Si implanted with Fe to 18 at. % peak concentration was studied. The structure of the specimen was characterized using transmission electron microscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Both cubic FeSi, and a-FeSi, were formed in epitaxy with the Si matrix with two types of orientations (fully aligned and twinned). The twins of a-FeSi, and those of cubic FeSi, were found to have exactly the same type of epitaxial relationship as for the aligned ones. The thermodynamically stable /3-FeS& is not formed, demonstrating that ion-beam-induced crystallization can lead to preferential phase formation as well as to epitaxy.