Quantitative ASAXS of germanium inhomogeneities in amorphous silicon-germanium alloys

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作者
Goerigk, G
Williamson, DL
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[1] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Festkorperforsch, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[2] Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Phys, Golden, CO 80401 USA
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10.1016/S0022-3093(01)00309-X
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
The nanostructure of hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium alloys, a-Si(1-x)Ge(x):H (x similar to 0.15 to 0.57), prepared by different plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) techniques was analyzed by anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS) experiments. For alloys with x > 0.2 the Ge component was found to be inhomogeneously distributed with correlation lengths from 0.6 to 1.6 nm. From the analysis of extended ASAXS measurements at 16 X-ray energies in combination with densitometric measurements the volume fractions, densities and Ge-concentrations of the inhomogeneities were deduced. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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