@article{c906032b8505478494f8e1362417bfb9,
title = "Ion beam synthesis of Te and Bi nanoclusters in silicon: The effect of post-implantation high frequency electromagnetic field",
abstract = "The post-implantation effect of high frequency electromagnetic field (HFEMF) on the microstructure and electrical properties of high dose Te + and Bi+ implanted (1 0 0) Si was investigated by cross-sectional high resolution transmission electron microscopy and four-point probe electrical measurements. Te and Bi nanoclusters (NCs) embedded in amorphized Si have been formed by ion implantation. Post-implantation treatment with HFEMF reorganizes the cluster shape and distribution by stimulation of spinodal decomposition and ordering of Te NCs to a percolation system. The effect of HFEMF on Bi NCs is assumed to be connected with the formation of electrical microcurrents causing local heating of their interfaces with the a-Si matrix. The results of electrical measurements show that the HFEMF application reduces the sheet resistance by a factor of about 6 for Te+ and about 3 for Bi+ irradiation.",
keywords = "High frequency electromagnetic field annealing, HRTEM, Ion implantation, Nanoclusters, Sheet resistance",
author = "M. Kalitzova and A. Peeva and Velislava Ignatova and Lebedev, {O. I.} and G. Zollo and G. Vitali",
year = "2006",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.nimb.2005.08.017",
language = "English",
volume = "242",
pages = "209--213",
journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms",
issn = "0168-583X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1-2",
}