Oxygen Precipitation Effects in Degenerately – Doped Silicon

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Rozgonyi ◽  
R. J. Jaccodine ◽  
C. W. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Temperature Step ◽  
Supersaturation Ratio ◽  
Oxygen Precipitation ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Doped Silicon ◽  
High Supersaturation

ABSTRACTIn this paper we report preliminary observations of oxygen precipitation in degenerately-doped silicon using etching, optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that n+ material was resistant to precipitation, but p+ material precipitated readily. A multistep heat treatment starting with a low temperature step to achieve a high supersaturation ratio was sucessfully used to induce precipitation in n+ material.

The Photoluminescence from (Eu, Yb) Co-Doped Silicon-Rich Si Oxides

2014 ◽  
Vol 936 ◽  
pp. 207-211
Author(s):  
Cheng Lin Heng ◽  
Wen Yong Su ◽  
Qi Wei Zhang ◽  
X.Q. Ren ◽  
P.G. Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Silicon Oxide ◽  
Oxide Films ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Doped Silicon ◽  
Pl Intensity ◽  
Co Doped ◽  
The Eu

We report on photoluminescence (PL) properties of europium (Eu) and ytterbium (Yb) co-doped silicon oxide films with different Si excess. After annealing the films in N2, strong PL were observed from Eu and Yb3+ ions and their intensities are correlated. The PL intensity of Eu is mainly from 3+ for no and relatively low temperature anneals (<900 °C) while the Eu2+ emission is dominating for annealing at 1000 °C or above in the co-doped Si-rich oxide films. Transmission electron microscopy shows amorphous (Eu, Yb, Si, O)-containing precipitates in the Si-rich oxide during 1000-1200 °C annealing and these precipitates are considered to be responsible for the Eu2+-related luminescence.

Low-temperature annealing of YBa2Cu3O7-x

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
R.L. Sabatini ◽  
Yimei Zhu ◽  
Masaki Suenaga ◽  
A.R. Moodenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Oxygen Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Rate ◽  
Oxygen Depletion ◽  
Low Temperature Annealing ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microstructural Effects ◽  
Oxygen Diffusion Rate

Low temperature annealing (<400°C) of YBa2Cu3O7x in a ozone containing oxygen atmosphere is sometimes carried out to oxygenate oxygen deficient thin films. Also, this technique can be used to fully oxygenate thinned TEM specimens when oxygen depletion in thin regions is suspected. However, the effects on the microstructure nor the extent of oxygenation of specimens has not been documented for specimens exposed to an ozone atmosphere. A particular concern is the fact that the ozone gas is so reactive and the oxygen diffusion rate at these temperatures is so slow that it may damage the specimen by an over-reaction. Thus we report here the results of an investigation on the microstructural effects of exposing a thinned YBa2Cu3O7-x specimen in an ozone atmosphere using transmission electron microscopy and energy loss spectroscopy techniques.

scholarly journals Characterization of Gaas/Si/GaAs Heterointerfaces

1989 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzanna Liliental-Weber ◽  
Raymond P. Mariella
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Si Substrate ◽  
Reverse Polarity ◽  
Si Substrates ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Metal Semiconductor Metal

ABSTRACTTransmission electron microscopy of GaAs grown on Si for metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors is presented in this paper. Two kinds of samples are compared: GaAs grown on a 15 Å Si epilayer grown on GaAs, and GaAs grown at low temperature (300°C) on Si substrates. It is shown that the GaAs epitaxial layer grown on thin Si layer has reverse polarity to the substrate (antiphase relation). Higher defect density is observed for GaAs grown on Si substrate. This higher defect density correlates with an increased device speed, but with reduced sensitivity.

scholarly journals In situ environmental HRTEM discloses low temperature carbon soot oxidation by ceria–zirconia at the nanoscale

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (27) ◽  
pp. 3876-3878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Aneggi ◽  
Jordi Llorca ◽  
Alessandro Trovarelli ◽  
Mimoun Aouine ◽  
Philippe Vernoux
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Soot Oxidation ◽  
Environmental Transmission ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Carbon Soot ◽  
Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy

In situ environmental transmission electron microscopy discloses room temperature carbon soot oxidation by ceria–zirconia at the nanoscale.

Microstructural Studies of High Coercivity Nd15Fe77B8 Sintered Magnets

1987 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Ghandehari ◽  
J. Fidler
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
High Coercivity ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microstructural Studies ◽  
Domain Reversal

ABSTRACTMicrostructures of Nd15−xDyxFe77B8 prepared by alloying with Dy, and by using Dy2O3 as a sinl'ken adidive, have been determined using electron microprobe and transmission electron microscopy. The results have shown a higher Dy concentration near the grain boundaries of the 2–14–1 phase for magnets doped with Dy2O 3, as compared to the Dy-alloyed magnets. A two-step post sintering heat treatment was also studied for the two systems. The resultant concentration gradient of Dy in the 2–14–1 phase of the oxide-doped magnets is explained by the reaction of Dy2O3 with the Nd-rich grain boundary phase and its slow diffusion into thg 4–14–1 phase. Increased Dy concentration near the grain boundary is more effective in improving the coercivity, as domain reversal nucleation originates at or near this region.

Structural transformation of a kaolinite and calcite mixture to gehlenite and anorthite

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karfa Traoré ◽  
Philippe Blanchart
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Orientation Relationship ◽  
Interlayer Spacing ◽  
Direct Transition ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Successive Phase

Kaolinite mixed with calcite was sintered at low temperature (1100 °C; 5 °C/min). The successive phase transformations are metakaolinite to gehlenite and then anorthite, although the available phase diagram indicates a direct anorthite recrystallization. Transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction studies of nanocrystallites revealed that the transformation path is favored by the structural similarities of phases. In particular, the pseudolayers of gehlenite have a major orientation relationship with the initial metakaolinite layers. The gehlenite axis, [001]G, is parallel to the metakaolinite axis, [001]A. This direct transition is favored by the existence of Si tetrahedral units and 4–fold–coordinated Al in both structures. Ca atoms, initially in the interlayer spacing of metakaolinite, remain in the interlayers of gehlenite. During the second transformation step, anorthite recrystallizes from gehlenite with axis [020]A parallel to [210]G. It is proposed that this orientation relationship is favored by the orientation and shape of Ca-atom channels through both structures, along [001]G and [100]A axes.

The effect of grain size on microstructure and stress relaxation in polycrystalline Y1Ba2Cu3O7−δ

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Shaw ◽  
S. L. Shinde ◽  
D. Dimos ◽  
R. F. Cook ◽  
P. R. Duncombe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Slow Cooling ◽  
Hierarchical Arrangement ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Processing Variables

We have used transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy to examine the effect that grain size and heat treatment have on twinning and microcracking in polycrystalline Y1Ba2Cu3O7−δ. It is shown that isothermal oxygenation heat treatments produce twin structures consisting of parallel twins, with a characteristic spacing that increases with increasing grain size. Slow cooling through the temperature range where the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transformation induces twinning, however, produces a structure consisting of a hierarchical arrangement of intersecting twins, the scale of which appears to be independent of grain size. It is also shown that the microcracking induced by anisotropic changes in grain dimensions on cooling or during oxygenation can be suppressed if the grain size of the material is kept below about 1 μm. The results are examined in the light of current models for transformation twinning and microcracking and the models used to access the effect other processing variables such as oxygen content, doping or heat treatment may have on the microstructure of Y1Ba2Cu3O7−δ.

Dynamic Compaction of Al Alloys

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Sears ◽  
B.C. Muddle ◽  
H.L. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Al Alloys ◽  
Dynamic Compaction ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Projectile Velocity ◽  
Transmission Electron

ABSTRACTPowders of Al alloy 7091 have been consolidated by means of dynamic compaction. The dependence of density and hardness on projectile velocity has been determined. The resulting as-compacted material has been characterized using analytical transmission electron microscopy and evidence of interparticle melting observed. The microstructural responseof the compacted material to heat treatment at 523 and 723°K has been investigated.

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