Characterization of New-Generation Silicon Photomultipliers for Nuclear Security Applications.

Authors: Wonders, Marc A.¹ mfw5173@psu.edu, Chichester, David L.¹ mflaska@psu.edu, Flaska, Marek² david.chichester@inl.gov

Source: EPJ Web of Conferences. 2018, Vol. 170, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *PHOTOMULTIPLIERS, *SILICON research, *NEUTRONS spectra, *GAMMA ray detectors, *NUCLEAR physics, *MATHEMATICAL models

Effects of silicon on the growth and genetic stability of passion fruit.

Alternate Title: Silício no crescimento e estabilidade genética de plantas de maracujazeiro.

Authors: Souza Costa, Bárbara Nogueira¹ babinogueiraagro@hotmail.com, de Maria Gomes Dias, Gabrielen¹, de Jesus Silva Costa, Irton¹, de Assis, Franscinely Aparecida¹, da Silveira, Flávia Aparecida¹, Pasqual, Moacir²

Source: Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy. Oct-Dec2016, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p503-511. 9p.

Subject Terms: *PASSION fruit, *SILICON research, *FRUIT growing, *FLOW cytometry, *GENETIC testing

Implantation and Diffusion of Silicon Marker Layers in InGaAs.

Authors: Aldridge, Henry¹, aldridhl@ufl.edu, Lind, Aaron¹, Bomberger, Cory², Puzyrev, Yevgeniy³, Hatem, Christopher⁴, Gwilliam, Russell⁵, Zide, Joshua², Pantelides, Sokrates³, Law, Mark¹, Jones, Kevin¹

Source: Journal of Electronic Materials; Aug2016, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p4282-4287, 6p, 4 Graphs

Study of a New Operating Practice for Refining High Silicon Hot Metal in a BOF Converter.

Authors: Barella, Silvia¹, Di Cecca, Cosmo¹ cosmo.dicecca@polimi.it, Mapelli, Carlo¹, Gruttadauria, Andrea¹, Bondi, Enrico², Marinari, Andrea¹

Source: Steel Research International. Jul2016, Vol. 87 Issue 7, p941-946. 6p. 3 Charts, 4 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *STEEL research, *SILICON research, *STEELWORK, *OXYGEN, *SLAG

Hydrogen diffusion and segregation during solid phase epitaxial regrowth of preamorphized Si.

Authors: Mastromatteo, M.¹ massimo.mastromatteo@unipd.it, Johnson, B. C.², De Salvador, D.¹, Napolitani, E.¹, McCallum, J. C.², Carnera, A.¹

Source: Journal of Applied Physics. 2016, Vol. 119 Issue 11, p1-8. 8p. 1 Diagram, 5 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *HYDROGEN, *SILICON research, *ANNEALING of semiconductors, *MASS spectrometry, *AMORPHOUS semiconductors

Droplet impact behavior on heated micro-patterned surfaces.

Authors: Wenbin Zhang¹ wbzhang@iphy.ac.cn, Tongxu Yu², Jing Fan¹, Weijie Sun², Zexian Cao²

Source: Journal of Applied Physics. 2016, Vol. 119 Issue 11, p1-8. 8p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 3 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *DROPLETS, *SILICON research, *HEAT transfer, *SUPERHYDROPHOBIC surfaces, *GRAPHENE

p+-doping analysis of laser fired contacts for silicon solar cells by Kelvin probe force microscopy.

Authors: Ebser, J.¹, Jan.Ebser@uni-konstanz.de, Sommer, D.¹, Fritz, S.¹, Schiele, Y.¹, Hahn, G.¹, Terheiden, B.¹

Source: Journal of Applied Physics; 2016, Vol. 119 Issue 10, p1-7, 7p, 3 Diagrams, 5 Graphs

Low-energy mass-selected ion beam production of fragments produced from hexamethyldisilane for SiC film formation.

Authors: Satoru Yoshimura¹, yosimura@ppl.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, Satoshi Sugimoto¹, Masato Kiuchi^1,2

Source: Journal of Applied Physics; 2016, Vol. 119 Issue 10, p1-4, 4p, 1 Diagram, 7 Graphs

FIRST TESTS OF SUPERTHIN, ION-IMPLANTED SILICON STRIP DETECTORS PRODUCED BY LOW-TEMPERATURE TECHNIQUE.

Authors: KORDYASZ, A. J.¹, KOWNACKI, J.^1,2, KORDYASZ, Ł.³, KONOP, M.⁴, BEDNAREK, A.¹, KOWALCZYK, A. M.^1,5, TARASIUK, J.⁵, KISIELIŃSKI, M.^1,2, KOZIK, T.⁶, PIASECKI, E.^1,2, SIBCZYŃSKI, P.², STOLARZ, A.¹, KOWALSKA, J.¹, TUCHOLSKI, A.¹, SREBRNY, J.¹, WOLIŃSKA-CICHOCKA, M.¹, NAPIORKOWSKI, P.¹, SARNECKI, J.⁷, LIPIŃSKI, D.⁷, WODZIŃSKA, G. H.⁷

Source: Acta Physica Polonica B. 2016, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p797-802. 6p.

Subject Terms: *SILICON research, *DETECTORS, *LOW temperature acoustics, *ANNEALING of metals, *NUCLEAR fission

Silicon-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes Promoted Bone Formation on Titanium Implants.

Authors: Xijiang Zhao^1,2 zhaoxijiangruilet@aliyun.com, Tao Wang¹ wtfamily@163.com, Shi Qian³ qianshi@mail.sic.ac.cn, Xuanyong Liu xyliu@mail.sic.ac.cn, Junying Sun¹ sun_junying@hotmail.com, Bin Li¹ binli@suda.edu.cn

Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Mar2016, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p292. 12p. 2 Color Photographs, 4 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart, 2 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *TITANIUM oxide nanotubes, *SILICON research, *PLASMA immersion ion implantation, *GENE expression, *BONE cells, *LABORATORY rats

Density impact on performance of composite Si/graphite electrodes.

Authors: Dufek, Eric¹ eric.dufek@inl.gov, Picker, Michael², Petkovic, Lucia³

Source: Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. Mar2016, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p359-367. 9p.

Subject Terms: *COMPOSITE materials research, *SILICON research, *BINDING agents, *POLYACRYLATES, *ELECTROCHEMICAL research

Influence of the formation- and passivation rate of boron-oxygen defects for mitigating carrier-induced degradation in silicon within a hydrogen-based model.

Authors: Hallam, Brett¹ brett.hallam@unsw.edu.au, Abbott, Malcolm¹, Nampalli, Nitin¹, Hamer, Phill¹, Wenham, Stuart¹

Source: Journal of Applied Physics. 2/14/2016, Vol. 119 Issue 6, p1-9. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 8 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *CHEMICAL decomposition, *SILICON research, *HYDROGEN, *BORON, *NONMETALS

Early stages of plasma induced nitridation of Si (111) surface and study of interfacial band alignment.

Authors: Shetty, Satish¹, Shivaprasad, S. M.¹, smsprasad@jncasr.ac.in

Source: Journal of Applied Physics; 2/7/2016, Vol. 119 Issue 5, p1-6, 6p, 2 Color Photographs, 3 Graphs

GaAs/Ge crystals grown on Si substrates patterned down to the micron scale.

Authors: Taboada, A. G.¹, gonzalez@phys.ethz.ch, Meduňa, M.^2,3, Salvalaglio, M.⁴, Isa, F.^1,5, Kreiliger, T.¹, Falub, C. V.^1,6, Meier, E. Barthazy⁷, Müller, E.⁷, Miglio, L.⁴, Isella, G.⁵, von Känel, H.¹

Source: Journal of Applied Physics; 2/7/2016, Vol. 119 Issue 5, p1-12, 12p, 5 Color Photographs, 4 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Graph

A simple method to control nanotribology behaviors of monocrystalline silicon.

Authors: Wang, X. D.^1,2, Guo, J.¹, Chen, C.¹, Chen, L.¹, Qian, L. M.¹, linmao@swjtu.edu.cn

Source: Journal of Applied Physics; 2016, Vol. 119 Issue 4, p1-6, 6p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs

Comparative conformational analysis of 2,2-dimethyl and 2,2,5-trimethyl-1,3-dioxanes and their 2-heteroanalogs with silicon and germanium atoms.

Authors: Bochkor, S.¹, Kuznetsov, V. kuzmaggy@mail.ru

Source: Russian Journal of General Chemistry. Feb2016, Vol. 86 Issue 2, p321-325. 5p.

Subject Terms: *DIOXANE, *SILICON research, *POTENTIAL energy surfaces, *CONFORMATIONAL analysis, *TRANSITION state theory (Chemistry)

Plastic Deformation of Micromachined Silicon Diaphragms with a Sealed Cavity at High Temperatures.

Authors: Juan Ren¹ juan.ren@mail.xjtu.edu.cn, Ward, Michael² michael.ward@bcu.ac.uk, Kinnell, Peter³ p.kinnell@lboro.ac.uk, Craddock, Russell⁴ russell.craddock@ge.com, Xueyong Wei¹ seanwei@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Source: Sensors (14248220). Feb2016, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p204. 12p.

Subject Terms: *SILICON research, *DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics), *SINGLE crystals, *PRESSURE sensors, *SILICON carbide

Metallurgical Parameters Controlling the Eutectic Silicon Charateristics in Be-Treated Al-Si-Mg Alloys.

Authors: Ibrahim, Mohamed F.¹ mohmed.ibrahim@uqac.ca, Elgallad, Emad M.¹ emad.elgallad@uqac.ca, Valtierra, Salvador² Salvador.valtierra@nemak.com, Doty, Herbert W.³ herb.doty@gm.com, Samuel, Fawzy H.¹ fhsamuel@uqac.ca

Source: Materials (1996-1944). 2016, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p78. 17p. 4 Color Photographs, 9 Black and White Photographs, 5 Charts, 3 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *ALUMINUM alloys, *SILICON research, *SOLIDIFICATION, *EUTECTICS, *DENDRITIC crystals, *MAGNESIUM, *STRONTIUM, *BERYLLIUM

Bone Regeneration Using a Mixture of Silicon-Substituted Coral HA and β-TCP in a Rat Calvarial Bone Defect Model.

Authors: Jiyeon Roh^1,2 hindhorn@gmail.com, Ji-Youn Kim³ hoho6434@gmail.com, Young-Muk Choi⁴ dudanr@metabiogw.bizmeka.com, Seong-Min Ha⁴ haseongmin@metabiogw.bizmeka.com, Kyoung-Nam Kim^1,2 kimkn@yuhs.ac, Kwang-Mahn Kim^1,2 kmkim@yuhs.ac

Source: Materials (1996-1944). 2016, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p97. 8p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *BONE regeneration, *SILICON research, *TRAUMATIC bone defects, *HYDROXYAPATITE, *CALCIUM carbonate

The influence of hold time on the onset of plastic deformation in silicon.

Authors: Wong, S.¹ Sherman.Wong@anu.edu.au, Haberl, B.², Williams, J. S.³, Bradby, J. E.³

Source: Journal of Applied Physics. 2015, Vol. 118 Issue 24, p245904-1-245904-6. 6p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 4 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *MATERIAL plasticity, *SILICON research, *RAMAN spectroscopy, *ELASTICITY, *MATHEMATICAL models