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History of the Observed Centres in Silicon

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Many of the IBE centres studied in this thesis have been discussed in the past. While none of those prior publications could ultimately determine the actual constituents of these complexes, a number of important properties have been determined, over the years, through various different experiments. Many of these characteristics are introduced in this chapter for the “Cu-pair” (\(\mathrm{{Cu}}_{4}\)), the “ \(\,^\star \)Cu-pair” (Cu\(_3\)Ag), the “single Ag” (\(\mathrm{{Ag}}_{4}\)), the “Au-Fe pair” (Cu\(_3\)Au), the “Fe-B pair” (Cu\(_4\)Au), and the Cu\(_4\)Pt and Cu\(_3\)Pt complexes. The related \(\mathrm{{S}}_\mathrm{{A}}\)and \(\mathrm{{S}}_\mathrm{{B}}\)  centres as well as the Li\(_4\)-vacancy centres, are introduced as well.

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