This work presents two novel group 14 element allotropes, oC24 Si 24 and oC24 Ge 24, and
the physical properties of oC24 C 24, oC24 Si 24, and oC24 Ge 24 are studied in detail by …

Silicon, germanium and their alloys are classical semiconductors that play an important role
in fundamental sciences and are the basis for modern microelectronics, optoelectronics …

Four new sp 3-hybridized silicon allotropes (Si 10, Si 14, Si 20-I, and Si 20-II) in the space
groups of P2 1/m and P2/m were developed in this study. Their values for properties related …

In the present study, the unit cell parameters and atomic coordinates are predicted for the
Pbcm orthorhombic structure of Si (oP32) modification. This new allotrope of silicon is …

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Carbon-related defects in silicon (Si) are commonly introduced during crystal growth via the
Czochralski method and processing. They can play an important role in affecting the …

It is a significant issue in the field of semiconductor devices and optoelectronic devices to
find silicon allotropes with high mobility, direct band gap and high light absorption to replace …

Isovalent dopants (D) incorporated in the silicon (Si) lattice can readily associate with
vacancies to form dopant-vacancy pairs. Theoretical and experimental studies have shown …

While nitrogen doping has been investigated extensively in silicon, there is only limited
information on its interaction with vacancies in germanium, despite most point defect …

Elemental silicon plays an extremely important role in technologically relevant fields. Owing
to its abundance, silicon is the preferred solar-cell materials in spite of the fact that many …