The self-interstitial in silicon and germanium

R Jones, A Carvalho, JP Goss and PR Briddon
Materials Science and Engineering B
159–160
112–116
2009

Low temperature irradiation experiments show a remarkable contrast between Si and Ge, suggesting that the behavior of self-interstitials and vacancies is very different in the two materials. The present paper reviews theoretical and experimental investigations of the defects in an attempt to understand these differences.

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