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Publications

. In progress:

1. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, J. M. Zahler, Harry A. Atwater, Y. J. Chabal, 'Spectroscopic studies of the thermal evolution of hydrogen bonding in InP and consequences for the mechanism of hydrogen induced exfoliation of InP' , to be submitted in Phys. Rev. B.

2. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, 'In situ measurement of the diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in silicon thin films. Consequences to the differences in the growth mechanism of microcrystalline and polymorphous silicon', to be submitted in Eur. Phys. J.

3. C. Mandoli, D. Pribat, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, ' Comparison of nucleation and growth characteristics of Si nanowires inside porous alumina and on glass substrates' to be submitted to Eur. Phys. J.

. Published in peer reviewed journals:

4. New!! C.S Cojocaru, J.M. Padovani, T. Wade, C. Mandoli, G. Jaskierowicz, J.E. Wegrowe, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, D. Pribat, Conformal horizontal Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum Thin Films, accepted in Nanoletters (2005) pdf

5. B. Kalache, T. Novikova, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, W. Morscheidt, K. Hassouni, Investigation of coupling between chemistry and discharge dynamics in radio frequency hydrogen plasmas in the Torr regime , J. Phys D- Appl. Phys. 37, 1765 (2004) pdf

6. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, J. M. Zahler, S. P. Ahrenkiel, M. Wanlass, Harry. A. Atwater, 'InGaAs/InP double heterostructures on In/Si templates fabricated by wafer bonding and hydrogen induced exfoliation of InP' , Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 5413 (2003) pdf

7. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, C. Clerc, 'Structure and hydrogen content of polymorphous silicon thin films studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry and nuclear measurements', Phys. Rev. B 69, 125307 (2004) pdf

8. F. Kail, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, A. Hadjadj, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, A. Beorchia, 'Hydrogen plasma etching of a-Si:H. A study by a combination of spectroscopic ellipsometry and trap-limited diffusion model', Phil. Mag. B1 84, 595 (2004) pdf

9. P. Roca i Cabarrocas, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, B. Kalache, S. Kasouit, 'Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Grown by PECVD. Growth Mechanisms and Grain Size Control', Solid State Phenomena 93, 257 (2003) pdf

10. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, "Etching and hydrogen diffusion mechanisms during hydrogen plasma treatment of silicon thin films", J. of Non-crystaline Solids 299-302, 196 (2002) pdf

11. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, H. Hofmeister, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, "Structure of plasma deposited polymorphous silicon", J. of Non-crystaline Solids 299-302, 284 (2002) pdf

12. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca i Cabarrocas; "Shedding light on the growth of polymorphous, protocrystalline, amorphous and microcrystalline silicon thin films", Thin Solid Films 383, 161 (2001) pdf

13. P. Roca i Cabarrocas, A. Fontcuberta i Morral and Y. Poissant : "Growth and optoelectronic properties of polymorphous silicon thin films", Thin Solid Films 403-404, 39 (2002) pdf

14. P. Roca i Cabarrocas, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, S. Lebib, Y. Poissant , ' Plasma production of nanocrystalline silicon particles and polymorphous silicon thin films for large-area electronic devices', Pure Appl. Chem., 74 , 359 (2002) pdf

15. C. Voz, J. Puigdollers, A. Orpella1, R. Alcubilla, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, V. Tripathi, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, "Thin film transistors with polymorphous silicon active layer", J. of Non-crystaline Solids, 299-302, 1345-50 (2002) pdf

16. S. Vignoli, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, P. Roca I Cabarrocas, R. Butte, R. Meaudre, M. Meaudre, "Hydrogen related bonding structure in hydrogenated polymorphous and microcrystalline silicon", J. of Non-crystaline Solids 299-302, 220 (2002) pdf

17. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, R. Brenot, E.A.G. Hamers, R. Vanderhaghen, and P. Roca i Cabarrocas, "In situ investigation of polymorphous silicon deposition" J. Non Cryst. Solids 226-269, 48 (2000)

18. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, J. Bertomeu, P.Roca i Cabarrocas, "The role of hydrogen in the formation of microcrystalline silicon" Materials Science and Engineering B69-70, 559 (2000)

19. E.A.G. Hamers, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, C. Niikura, R. Brenot, and P. Roca i Cabarrocas,"Contribution of ions to the growth of amorphous, polymorphous and microcrystalline silicon thin films and its effect on the structural and electronic properties" , J. Appl. Phys. 88, 3674 (2000) pdf

. Conference proceedings:

20.A. Fontcuberta i Morral, H. Vach, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, 'How much hydrogen and voids are energetically stable in non-crystalline silicon?', to be published in Spring Materials Research Society proceedings (2004)

21. A. Fontcuberta i Morral, J. M. Zahler, Harry A. Atwater, M. Frank, Y. Chabal, P. Ahrenkiel, M. Wanlass, 'Electrical and structural characterization of the interface of wafer bonded InP/Si', Proceedings of Materials Research Society 768 G2.4 (2003) pdf

22. J. M. Zahler, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, C-G. Ahn, H. A. Atwater, "Wafer bonding and layer transfer processes for 4-junction high efficiency solar cells", Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaics Conference pp. 45-52 (2002) pdf