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High-quality and large-grain epi-like Si film by NiSi2-seed initiated lateral epitaxial crystallization (SILEC)

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This work was supported in part by National 02 Major Project (Grant No. 2017ZX02315-001-004), National Key Research and Development Plan (Grant No. 2016YFA0200504), Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61421005), and the 111 Project (Grant No. B18001).

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Yang, Y., Zhang, B., Dong, X. et al. High-quality and large-grain epi-like Si film by NiSi2-seed initiated lateral epitaxial crystallization (SILEC). Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 229401 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2700-1

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