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Theoretical Calculation and Experimental Verification for Dislocation Reduction in Germanium Epitaxial Layers with Semicylindrical Voids on Silicon
Published on: July 17, 2020
{Ge10Si[Si(SiMe3)3]4(SiMe32)Me}-: a Ge10Si framework reveals a structural transition onto elemental germanium
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. schnepf@chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de
Abstract:
The reaction of the metastable high temperature molecule GeCl synthesized via a co-condensation technique with LiSi(SiMe(3))3 leads to a metalloid Ge(10)Si cluster compound, in which the arrangement of the germanium atoms can be seen as a cutout from the structure of elemental germanium.
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