Direct observation of the crystal-growth transition in undercooled silicon |
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Authors: | Zengyun Jian Kosuke Nagashio Kazuhiko Kuribayashi |
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Affiliation: | (1) the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 229-8510 Kanagawa, Japan;(2) Stanford University, 9430S Stanford, CA;(3) CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 305-0047 Ibaraki, Japan |
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Abstract: | Using an electromagnetic levitation facility with a laser heating unit, silicon droplets were highly undercooled in the containerless state. The crystal morphologies on the surface of the undercooled droplets during the solidification process and after solidification were recorded live by using a high-speed camera and were observed by scanning electron microscopy. The growth behavior of silicon was found to vary not only with the nucleation undercooling, but also with the time after nucleation. In the earlier stage of solidification, the silicon grew in lateral, intermediary, and continuous modes at low, medium, and high undercoolings, respectively. In the later stage of solidification, the growth of highly undercooled silicon can transform to the lateral mode from the nonlateral one. The transition time of the sample with 320 K of undercooling was about 535 ms after recalescence, which was much later than the time where recalescence was completed. |
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