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Synthesis of silicon microwire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

J. J. Petrovic ,
R. C. Hoover ,
R. D. Field  and
K. Han
J. J. Petrovic
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
R. C. Hoover
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
R. D. Field
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
K. Han
Affiliation:
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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Abstract

Silicon microwires have been synthesized by the Taylor microwire process. In this process, silicon is melted inside a glass tube by a local heating source and fine microwire is then drawn out by mechanical pulling. The silicon microwire is encapsulated in a silica glass coating. Flexible 10–25-μm diameter polycrystalline silicon microwires were synthesized by this method in continuous lengths up to 460 mm.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 10 , October 2001 , pp. 2777 - 2779
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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