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Non-Linear and Time-Dependent Diffusion of Gold in Amorphous Silicon.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

A. V. Wagner
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
D. T. Wu
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
F. Spaepen
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

By performing scaling experiments [1] and examining the evolution of the spatial second moment of the concentration profile, it was shown that the diffusion coefficient of gold in amorphous silicon is both concentration and time dependent. The second moment curves for different temperature anneals can be scaled to a master curve using a factor with an activation enthalpy of 2.0 eV.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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