Measurements were made of the diffusion coefficient of Ni in unrelaxed amorphous material, at 270 to 435C, by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry. The data could be described by:

D (cm2/s) = 3.0 x 10-3 exp[-1.30(eV)/kT]

These values were some 6 to 8 orders of magnitude lower than that for the interstitial diffusion of Ni in crystalline Si. The difference between the diffusion coefficients in amorphous and crystalline material was attributed mainly to the presence of intrinsic traps in the amorphous phase; with a binding enthalpy of about 0.83eV.

A.J.Kuznetsov, B.G.Svensson: Applied Physics Letters, 1995, 66[17], 2229-30

The best linear fits to the solute diffusion data ([124] to [129], [133] to [144], [146] to [176], [188] to [192], [196] to [211], [215] to [223], [234] to [242], [252] to [283], [292] to [298], [306] to [314]) yield:

Al: Ln[Do] = 0.45E – 32.8 (R2 = 0.81); As: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 23.2 (R2 = 0.87);

Au: Ln[Do] = 0.16E – 12.4 (R2 = 0.16); B: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 22.6 (R2 = 0.79);

Cu: Ln[Do] = 0.22E (R2 = 0.86); Fe: Ln[Do] = 0.62E – 15.8 (R2 = 0.53);

Ga: Ln[Do] = 0.20E - 16.9 (R2 = 0.78); Ge: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 23.2.8 (R2 = 0.98);

H: Ln[Do] = 0.17E - 9.9 (R2 = 0.07); Li: Ln[Do] = 0.25E – 9.6 (R2 = 0.48);

Ni: Ln[Do] = 0.29E - 19.4 (R2 = 0.66); O: Ln[Do] = 0.34E – 21.6 (R2 = 0.95);

P: Ln[Do] = 0.35E - 27 (R2 = 0.94); Sb: Ln[Do] = 0.35E – 29.3 (R2 = 0.96);

Si: Ln[Do] = 0.33E - 29 (R2 = 0.86)