Single Crystal Growth of Semiconductors from Metallic Solutions

by Sadik Dost, Brian Lent

Overview

Single Crystal Growth of Semiconductors from Metallic Solutions covers the four principal growth techniques currently in use for the growth of semiconductor single crystals from metallic solutions. Providing an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art of each, both experimentally and by numerical simulations. The importance of a close interaction between the numerical and experimental aspects of the processes is also emphasized. Advances in the fields of electronics and opto-electronics are hampered by the limited number of substrate materials which can be readily produced by melt-growth techniques such as the Czochralski and Bridgman methods. This can be alleviated by the use of alternative growth techniques, and in particular, growth from metallic solutions. The principal techniques currently in use are: Liquid Phase Epitaxy; Liquid Phase Electroepitaxy; the Travelling Heater Method, and; Liquid Phase Diffusion. Single Crystal Growth of Semiconductors from Metallic Solutions will serve as a valuable reference tool for researchers, and graduate and senior undergraduate students in the field of crystal growth. It covers most of the models developed in recent years. The detailed development of basic and constitutive equations and the associated interface and boundary conditions given for each technique will be very valuable to researchers for the development of their new models.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444522320
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/17/2006
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PrefacePART I: FundamentalsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Fundamentals and Phase ChangesChapter 3: Metallic Solution Growth TechniquesChapter 4: Crystal Growth ModelingPART II: Numerical SimulationsChapter 5: Liquid Phase EpitaxyChapter 6: Liquid Phase ElectroepitaxyChapter 7: Travelling Heater MethodChapter 8: Liquid Phase DiffusionBibliography

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First book to cover both simulation and experimental aspects of crystal growth from metal solutions