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Metal-mediated crystallization of amorphous silicon in silicon-silver layered systems

Toyohiko J. Konno Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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Robert Sinclair Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
Pages 163-178 | Received 04 May 1994, Accepted 24 Jun 1994, Published online: 27 Sep 2006

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