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Quasicrystalline Phase of Silicon on Glass

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In this paper, we report new phase of crystalline silicon, quasicrystalline silicon thin-film on glass substrate. The surface topography of these films reveal simultaneous existence of sixfold and fivefold symmetry. We found an array of quasi-unit cell in 2-D that formed quasicrystalline solid. This is first time demonstration of quasicrystalline for single element, silicon (Si). Raman spectra suggests that we found crystalline silicon structure on glass substrate that is not single-crystal silicon (c-Si) but very close to c-Si.

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Acknowledgments

Authors greatfully acknowledge the contribution of Prof. Eric Schiff for valuable discussion and his interest about the project. The work is financially supported by Energy Photovoltaic, Inc., NJ and National Renewable Energy laboratory Laboratory, CO. The research at Missouri State University is supported by the Office of Naval Research and Research Corporation.

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    Present address: Silicon Solar, Inc., Fremont, CA, 94536, USA

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  1. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244 - 1130, USA

    A. R. Middya

  2. Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science Department, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, 65804, USA

    Kartik Ghosh

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Middya, A.R., Ghosh, K. Quasicrystalline Phase of Silicon on Glass. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1493, 24–29 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2013.225

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