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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Nick Cowern, Dr Sergei Simdyankin, Professor Jon Goss, Dr Chihak Ahn, Dr Nick Bennett
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The authors of the above paper call into question recent evidence on the properties of self-interstitials, I, in Ge [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 155501 (2013)]. We show that this judgment stems from invalid model assumptions during analysis of data on B marker-layer diffusion during proton irradiation, and that a corrected analysis fully supports the reported evidence. As previously stated, I-mediated self-diffusion in Ge exhibits two distinct regimes of temperature, T: high-T, dominated by amorphous-like mono-interstitial clusters – i-morphs – with self-diffusion entropy ≈ 30 k, and low-T, where transport is dominated by simple self-interstitials. In a transitional range centered on 475°C both mechanisms contribute. The experimental I migration energy of (1.84 ± 0.26) eV reported by the Münster group based on measurements of self-diffusion during irradiation at 550°C < T < 680°C further establishes our proposed i-morph mechanism.
Author(s): Cowern NEB, Simdyankin S, Goss JP, Napolitani E, DeSalvador D, Bruno E, Mirabella S, Ahn C, Bennett NS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Applied Physics Reviews
Year: 2015
Volume: 2
Online publication date: 02/09/2015
Acceptance date: 26/06/2015
Date deposited: 01/07/2015
ISSN (electronic): 1931-9401
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4929762
DOI: 10.1063/1.4929762
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