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Molecular dynamics simulations of epitaxial silicon growth by nanocluster deposition

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dc.date.accessioned 2015-04-29T07:39:03Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:03:45Z
dc.date.available 2015-04-29T07:39:03Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:03:45Z
dc.date.issued 2015-04-29T07:39:03Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/4659 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/4659
dc.title Molecular dynamics simulations of epitaxial silicon growth by nanocluster deposition en
ethesis.discipline Theoretical Physics en
ethesis.discipline Teoreettinen fysiikka fi
ethesis.discipline Teoretisk fysik sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/C29de80f-21cd-424a-b706-b564d642b058
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Ilmola, Roni
dct.issued 2015
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Surface growth by using nanocluster deposition has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to possibilities to affect electronic properties of the resulting thin films. Industry is interested in this method because with cluster deposition it is possible to manufacture thin films much faster than by using single atom deposition. In some cases, nanocluster deposition is the only method by which thin films have been able to be deposited successfully. I have studied Si20 cluster deposition on the Si(0 0 1) surface. I used molecular dynamics simulations to simulate epitaxial silicon growth at temperatures 300 K, 500 K, 700 K, 1000 K, 1300 K and 1600 K. I used two potential models to do this, the Tersoff and the Stillinger-Weber potentials. This work focuses on the differences in the results of these potential models at various temperatures. All the atoms in the cluster had 1 eV of energy. I observed that the growth is stronger with the Stillinger-Weber potential almost at every temperature. At 300 K no epitaxial growth was seen and at 1600 K the substrate melted. I observed almost complete epitaxial growth with the Stillinger-Weber potential, whereas with the Tersoff potential there was an amorphous layer on top of the crystalline region. The epitaxial growth didn't originate from the diffusion as much as from the rearrangement of atoms at the amorphous-crystalline interface. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251515
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