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Dangling bond

In chemistry, a dangling bond is an unsatisfied valence on an immobilized atom. An atom with a dangling bond is also referred to as an immobilized free radical or an immobilized radical, a reference to its structural and chemical similarity to a free radical.

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Properties

Induced

Surface

In semiconductors

Passivation (silicon photovoltaics)

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Dangling bond

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples101
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Dangling bond

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related to Surface · 19
Dangling bond → Because, Clean, Crystals, Dangling, Due, EPR, In, IV, Mainly, Not, On, Removal, Selenium, Si, Surfaces, The, They, This, When
related to Dielectric layer passivation · 12
Dangling bond → Al2O3, ALD, In, On, Passivation, PV, Qf, Si, SiNx, SiO2, SiOx, This
related to Ferromagnetic polymers · 10
Dangling bond → An, Annealing Teflon, EPR, H2, However, In, It, Teflon, Under, Yuwei Ma
related to Properties · 10
Dangling bond → Atoms, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, EPR, In, It, Si, Si-H, Si-Si, The, When
related to Catalysis · 9
Dangling bond → Co, Cu, Fe, In, Metal, Ni, Pt/C, The, Yunteng Qu
related to Induced · 8
Dangling bond → EPR, For, In, It, Si-Si, Staebler-Wronski, The, This
related to Magnetic · 7
Dangling bond → Applications, Creating, Ferromagnetic, In, One, The, This
related to Passivation (silicon photovoltaics) · 6
Dangling bond → Atalla, By, In, PV, SiOx, There
related to Hydrogen passivation · 5
Dangling bond → Hydrogen, In, RPHP, SiNx, This
related to In semiconductors · 5
Dangling bond → Besides, Fermi, Hydrogen, Some, The

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dangling bonds bond surface silicon electron electrons one atom hydrogen atoms also valence energy epr passivation material two process free

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Dangling bondis aunsatisfied valence on an immobilized atom0.90text
oxygeninstance ofas are other elements0.80text
making the material suitable for applicationsinstance ofas are other elements0.80text
atomic layer depositioninstance ofon the top of the c-Si substrate be the mean of thermal oxidation or other deposition techniques0.80text
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisIn0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisYunteng Qu0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisFe0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisCo0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisNi0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisCu0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisMetal0.60section
Dangling bondrelated to CatalysisThe0.60section

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