Unexpected room temperature growth of silicon dioxide crystallites on passivated porous silicon

Growth, annealing and thermo-electrical properties of Cd1−xZnxS thin films for microbolometers

“…3). The most impressive polygonization and grain growth was observed for annealing in NF 3 , which is known as an activator for crystallization processes [25]. The electrical properties as well as morphology became similar to those of the ''thick'' film (Fig.…”

Enhanced crystallization on porous silicon: Facts and models

“…Indeed, this structure is typical for p-type porous silicon (Fig. 1a), which provided enhanced nucleation and crystallization of proteins [12] and crystalline oxide growth [14,15]. In the extreme case of a vertical deep pore with large diameter (Fig.…”

“…have been grown on the same p-type porous silicon with 5-10 nm pore sizes fabricated by electrochemical etching [12]. Room-temperature crystallization of silicon dioxide in air on NF 3 treated p-type porous silicon [14,15]. No crystallization was observed on flat silicon surface as well as on p þ þ -type porous silicon at the same treatment conditions.…”

New type of dual macro and nano fractal structure of reaction induced vapor phase stain etched porous silicon

“…Recently, we found strong evidence of crystallization and nucleation enhancement of different materials on porous silicon produced by electrochemical method [5][6][7]. The enhanced nucleation was explained by porous silicon surface fractality (self-similarity) [8,9].…”