Rapid alloying of silicon with germanium in microwave field using single mode cavity

D. C. Dube; M. Fu; D. Agrawal; R. Roy; A. Santra

doi:10.1179/143307508X333613

Rapid alloying of silicon with germanium in microwave field using single mode cavity

D. C. Dube, M. Fu, D. Agrawal, R. Roy, A. Santra

Materials Research Institute (MRI)

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Silicon and germanium alloys have been formed for the first time by heating powdered mixtures of 75%Si and 25%Ge in just 2 min in the H field in a single mode 2-45 GHz microwave cavity. As is well known, alloy formation in conventionally heated silicon-germanium mixtures is difficult, even when processed for much longer time durations at the same temperature. Further, any oxide contaminants, if present in the starting material or formed during heating, somehow, appear on the surface of the specimen after microwave treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	119-122
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Research Innovations
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/143307508X333613
State	Published - Sep 2008

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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