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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Selective growth of Si crystals over amorphous substrates, seeded by agglomerated single domained Si crystals is demonstrated. In this method, Si crystal seeds are periodically placed and selectively overgrown until impingement upon adjacent crystals, resulting in a matrix of large Si islands with controlled grain boundary locations. Si seeds are formed over amorphous SiO2 by the solid-state agglomeration phenomenon, and grown selectively up to 100 μm by CVD selective epitaxial growth technique. The grown crystals are classified in three crystalline forms of single crystals, primary twins, and multiple twins. However, most are single crystals with a specific orientation of (110) normal to the substrate surface.