Stabilization of Nano-Dimensional Structures in the Single-Crystal Silicon Volume
À.N. Dovbnya, V.P. Yefimov, À.S. Àbyzov, and À.V. Rybka
National Scientific Center «Kharkiv Institute of Physical Technologies»,
1, Akademichna St., 61108 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Abstract
There are considered the possibilities for stabilization of microstructures during the process of hydrogenation of amorphous phases formed in the latent tracks within the single-crystal silicon by heavy nuclei fragments during their photo fission [1]. Interaction of the hydrogen with impurities and radiation defects initiates decomposition of its oversaturated solid-state solution. The atoms of hydrogen act as the catalyst while forming up of the clusters from small defects during the process of precipitation.
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