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Amorphous Silicon

Amorphous Silicon is a non-crystalline allotrope of silicon characterized by a disordered atomic structure lacking long-range periodicity, distinguishing it from crystalline silicon while retaining semiconducting properties essential for applications in thin-film electronics and photovoltaics.

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A Monte Carlo computer program for the transport of energetic ions in amorphous targets

J.P. Biersack, L.G. Haggmark · Nuclear Instruments and Methods · 1980 · 4.7K citations

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Determination of the thickness and optical constants of amorphous silicon

R. Swanepoel · Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments · 1983 · 3.9K citations

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Optical properties and electronic structure of amorphous Ge and Si

J. Tauc · Materials Research Bulletin · 1968 · 3.5K citations

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Reversible conductivity changes in discharge-produced amorphous Si

D. L. Staebler, C. R. Wroński · Applied Physics Letters · 1977 · 2.9K citations

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Integrated Optoelectronic Devices Based on Conjugated Polymers

Henning Sirringhaus, Nir Tessler, Richard H. Friend · Science · 1998 · 2.7K citations

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  1. CB
    Christophe Ballif

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    79 publications · 6.7K citations

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  2. RA
    R. A. Street

    Palo Alto Research Center, United States

    96 publications · 6.4K citations

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  3. AM
    Akihisa Matsuda

    Nippon Medical School, Japan

    85 publications · 4.6K citations

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  4. PR
    Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

    École Polytechnique, France

    82 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. MS
    M. Stutzmann

    Schott (Germany), Germany

    66 publications · 5.2K citations

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  1. Palo Alto Research Center

    Palo Alto, United States

    73 h-index

    837 publications

    54.8K citations

  2. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    58 h-index

    320 publications

    32K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    56 h-index

    1.2K publications

    45.6K citations

  4. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    54 h-index

    557 publications

    45.5K citations

  5. École Polytechnique

    Palaiseau, France

    51 h-index

    465 publications

    21.7K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    51 h-index

    267 publications

    26.8K citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    50 h-index

    525 publications

    33.1K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    336 publications

    20.3K citations

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  1. Applied Physics Letters

    1.2K publications · 72K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Physics

    1.2K publications · 61.1K citations

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  3. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 532 publications · 37.6K citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 197 publications · 21.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

    545 publications · 18.8K citations

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