TY - JOUR
T1 - A thermodynamic criterion of the crystalline-to-amorphous transition in silicon
AU - Vepřek, S.
AU - Iqbal, Z.
AU - Sarott, F. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work has been supported in part by the Nationaler Energie-Forschungs-Fonds and by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung Wissen-schaftlicher Forschung.
PY - 1982/1
Y1 - 1982/1
N2 - It is shown that the crystal lattice expansion of microcrystalline silicon leads, in the limit of small crystallite size of about 30 Å, to an instability of the diamond structure with respect to the amorphous phase. Simple thermodynamic considerations are presented which support the idea of the crystalline-to-amorphous trans-formation being a discontinuous order-disorder phase transition.
AB - It is shown that the crystal lattice expansion of microcrystalline silicon leads, in the limit of small crystallite size of about 30 Å, to an instability of the diamond structure with respect to the amorphous phase. Simple thermodynamic considerations are presented which support the idea of the crystalline-to-amorphous trans-formation being a discontinuous order-disorder phase transition.
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U2 - 10.1080/13642818208246392
DO - 10.1080/13642818208246392
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019927631
SN - 1364-2812
VL - 45
SP - 137
EP - 145
JO - Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties
JF - Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties
IS - 1
ER -