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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Silicon crystallization has been observed to occur in copper/a-Si:H thinfilm bilayers annealed at 280 °C. Copper-silicide formation was observedafter annealing at 200 °C. Samples characterization was made by acombination of several analytical techniques: scanning electron Microscopy,Raman spectroscopy through a microscope probe, Auger electron spectroscopy,elastic recoil detection analysis and Rutherford backscatteringspectrometry. The possible role of hydrogen in this process isdiscussed.