In this work, polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin films were synthesized using Au-induced
crystallization of amorphous silicon suboxide for the first time. The structure and elemental …

The kinetics of gold-induced crystallization (AuIC) of amorphous silicon suboxide (a-SiO x,
x= 0.2) films in the layer exchange mode was detailed studied by variation of the annealing …

The effect of substrate temperature on the structural property of the silicon nanostructures
deposited on gold-coated crystal silicon substrate by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition …

Flexible pressure and thermal sensors are the critical parts of the functional electronic skin of
prostheses and robots, as well as flexible catheter/devices for multimodal biomedical …

A thermodynamic mechanism explaining the universal role of metal catalyst in the
transformation of Si in the crystalline state and the preferential growth of Si wire-like crystals …

This work focuses on the role of the native oxide layer (SiO2) on the nickel (Ni)-assisted
crystallization of amorphous silicon (a-Si). In some samples, the native oxide was removed …

The amorphous to crystalline phase transformation process is typically known to take place
at very high temperatures and facilitated by very high compressive stresses. In this study, we …

The superlattice films, which consist of amorphous silicon (a-Si) and amorphous gold (Au),
were prepared by ultra-high vacuum evaporation system. The first layer was grown a-Si with …

The aim of this work is to present a spectroscopic ellipsometry study focused on the
annealing time effect on nickel metal induced crystallization of amorphous silicon thin films …

This work investigates the metal induced crystallization of hydrogenated amorphous Silicon
(a-Si: H) thin films, processed by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, using Au …