Self-assembling of C and Sn in Ge

Phase transitions in ZnTe co‐doped with Mg and oxygen

“…[1][2][3][4] differ from the well-known homogeneous, decomposed alloys and alloys with a superstructure. In these already studied alloys the presence of clusters of various sizes, compositions and forms is more thermodynamically profitable than that of uniform clusters.…”

“…Later, SA of 1C4Sn tetrahedral clusters with carbon atoms in their centers in Ge-rich C x Sn y Ge 1-x-y (x ≤ 4y) was represented in Ref. [2]. Separated carbon and Sn atoms dilate and contract a crystal lattice of the C x Sn y Ge 1-x-y random alloy.…”

“…The phenomenon of SA reported in Refs. [1][2][3][4] paves the way to it. However, thermodynamically profitable conditions of SA when all or almost all highly mismatched impurity atoms are in uniform clusters should be studied.…”