OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 15, 2016 — Epitaxy, or growing
crystalline film layers that are templated by a crystalline substrate, is a mainstay of manufacturing transistors and semiconductors.
Not exact matches
Sharp pairs amorphous silicon (fine
layers of randomly arranged silicon) with
layers of
crystalline silicon (whose atoms are in a more structured lattice) to make its thin -
film cells.
The 2D, near - single -
crystalline «Ruddlesden - Popper» thin
films have an out - of - plane orientation so that uninhibited charge transport occurs through the perovskite
layers in planar devices.
This enables creating qubits in thin
layers of silicon using a very high purity silicon isotope, 28Si, which produces a
crystalline quality comparable to thin
films usually made of natural silicon.