Relaxing times for silicon
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A glass transition in amorphous silicon has been surmised but never clearly shown experimentally. The very fast timescale of ion hammering experiments allows observation of the long-sought low-density liquid polyamorph of silicon.
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OpenAlex topics: Material Dynamics and Properties · Glass properties and applications · High-pressure geophysics and materials
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