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STM-REBIC study of nanocrystalline and crystalline silicon

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2003
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Méndez Martín, Bianchi
Piqueras de Noriega, Javier
Plugaru, R.
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Materials Research Society
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Electrically active regions of nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) films as well as of a p-type crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer have been investigated by using a scanning electron microscope/scanning tunneling microscope (SEM/STM) combined instrument. The nc-Si films were obtained by boron implantation of amorphous silicon layers with an average nanocrystal size of about 10 nm. STM current constant images reveal a cell structure in the nc-Si films which was also revealed in the STM remote electron beam induced current (REBIC) images with a resolution of up to 20 nm. The contrast in the STM-REBIC images indicate the existence of space charge regions at the boundaries. The influence of the thermal treatment on the cell structure was studied. For comparison, SEM-REBIC and STM-REBIC images from c-Si wafer were obtained.
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© Materials Research Society Symposium on Spatially Resolved Characterization of Local Phenomena in Materials and Nanostructures (2002. Boston)
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