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A model of the annealing-induced crystallization of amorphous clusters in a solid matrix is proposed. The calculated dependence of the crystallized phase fraction on the annealing temperature agrees with the available experimental data.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Emel’yanov, V.N. Seminogov, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 24, pp. 18–23.
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Emel’yanov, V.I., Seminogov, V.N. Effect of annealing temperature on the crystal phase fraction in silicon nanoclusters in a silicon oxide matrix. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 1051–1053 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006120169
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