Modeling of superheating and undercooling of strained semiconductor nanocrystals in SiO

A. Têtu, B. Bech Nielsen

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Abstract

Although superheating and undercooling of nanocrystals have been observed and simply modeled, physical aspects of the nanocrystals, like strain, have previously been ignored. In this article the size dependence of the melting and solidification point temperature of semiconductor nanocrystals embedded in an interface epitaxy free matrix is modeled, taking into account the strain state of the nanocrystals. A configurational entropy term is introduced to render the model applicable to any crystal size, including bulk. The model is validated on the system of InSb nanocrystals embedded in SiO under a high compressive strain.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume24
Issue48
ISSN0953-8984
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2012

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