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Large areas of 〈100〉 oriented single-crystal films have been produced, using the lateral seeding technique, from polycrystalline silicon deposited on SiO2. One electron beam was used to provide generalised substrate heating, and another swept a localised molten zone in the deposited silicon.
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Davis et al. (1982) studied this question.
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