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Original Articles

In situ electron microscopy of the phases of Cu3Si

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Pages 5581-5599 | Received 04 Jun 2007, Accepted 29 Aug 2007, Published online: 12 Nov 2007
 

Abstract

The transformations between the η and η′ phases of Cu3Si were studied by in situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) diffraction analysis and by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The space groups of η and η′ are and , respectively. The lattice parameters of η are a = 4.06 Å and c = 7.33 Å. The η′ phase results from faulted stacking of the η unit cell, and has lattice parameters: a = 35.16 Å and c = 21.99 Å. A long-period anti-phase domain structure appears in these two phases and is part of a sequence of phase transformations from η′ to η upon heating. The Cu silicide precipitates that form in voids in silicon are the η′ phase, oriented in the silicon matrix according to: (0001)η'∥(110)Si; [001]Si.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation as a Cooperative Activity in Materials Science between NSF and the European Commission. We thank Xi Wang for his help with thin film deposition.

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