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Results from First Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations on a-Si

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Peter A. Fedders  and
David D. Drabold
Peter A. Fedders
Affiliation:
Washington University, Department of Physics, Campus Box 1105, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
David D. Drabold
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Abstract

We report on some recent results of first principles molecular dynamics simulations on a-Si. These simulations yield interesting results that challenge the standard beliefs about what constitutes a defect, how light induced defects arise, and about the origins of conduction band tailing.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 219: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology - 1991 , 1991 , 247
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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