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Crystallization of Amorphous Germanium in a Silver Germanium Layered System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Toyohiko J. Konno  and
Robert Sinclair
Toyohiko J. Konno
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Robert Sinclair
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

We studied crystallization of amorphous germanium (a-Ge) induced in a Ag/a-Ge layered system, using in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Amorphous Ge was found to crystallize at about 270°C with the heat of reaction of 10±lkJ/mol. In situ TEM revealed that Ag grains migrate into the a-Ge phase leaving the crystalline Ge (c-Ge) phase behind. From this observation, we propose a model whereby the Ag provides the fastest path for the Ge atoms to diffuse from a-Ge to c-Ge phases.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 311: Symposium O – Phase Transformations in Thin Films–Thermodynamics and Kinetics , 1993 , 99
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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