Silicon Self-Interstitials

Silicon atoms that are located off the crystal lattice sites in a silicon solid are silicon self-interstitials. They can be formed by radiation damage to the lattice or displacement by a dopant atom.

References

• D. A. Richie, Jeongnim Kim, Stephen A. Barr, Kaden R. A. Hazzard, Richard Hennig and John W. Wilkins, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 045501 (2004)
• P. M. Fahey, P. B. Griffin and J. D. Plummer, Rev. Mod. Phys. 61, 289 (1998)

William Parker
Department of Physics
the Ohio State University
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