Over the years, many successful attempts have been made to describe the art and science of crystal growth. Most modern advances in semiconductor and optical devices would not have been possible without the development of many elemental, binary, ternary, and other compound crystals of varying properties and large sizes. The objective of the Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth is to present state-of-the-art knowledge of both bulk and thin-film crystal growth. The goal is to make readers understand the basics of the commonly employed growth processes, materials produced, and defects generated.
Almost 100 leading scientists, researchers, and engineers from 22 different countries from academia and industry have been selected to write chapters on the topics of their expertise. They have written 52 chapters on the fundamentals of bulk crystal growth from the melt, solution, and vapor, epitaxial growth, modeling of growth processes and defects, techniques of defect characterization as well as some contemporary special topics. This unique effort will provide readers with a fundamental understanding of crystal growth with the latest instrumentation and techniques available for crystal and thin-film fabrication.
It is written and compiled for professionals and practitioners, materials scientists, physicists, and chemists at universities and in industrial research and production. Key Topics Crystal growth and characterization fundamentals Bulk crystal growth from the melt, solution, and vapor Thin-film epitaxial growth Modeling of growth processes Defect formation and morphology Crystalline material characterization and analysis Features Covers basic concepts, materials, properties, and fabrication. Contains over 1,200 color illustrations. Numerous comprehensive tables. Features exhaustive references to approved data. Fully searchable DVD-ROM for quick access to data.
Author(s): Govindhan Dhanaraj, Kullaiah Byrappa, Vishwanath (Vish) Prasad, Michael Dudley (auth.), Dr. Govindhan Dhanaraj Dr., Prof. Kullaiah Byrappa Ph.D., Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Dr., Prof. Michael Dudley Dr. (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 1818
Tags: Solid State Physics;Spectroscopy and Microscopy;Crystallography;Materials Science, general;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Structural Mechanics
Front Matter....Pages I-XXXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-201
Crystal Growth Techniques and Characterization: An Overview....Pages 3-16
Nucleation at Surfaces....Pages 17-52
Morphology of Crystals Grown from Solutions....Pages 53-92
Generation and Propagation of Defects During Crystal Growth....Pages 93-132
Single Crystals Grown Under Unconstrained Conditions....Pages 133-157
Defect Formation During Crystal Growth from the Melt....Pages 159-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-556
Indium Phosphide: Crystal Growth and Defect Control by Applying Steady Magnetic Fields....Pages 205-229
Czochralski Silicon Single Crystals for Semiconductor and Solar Cell Applications....Pages 231-243
Czochralski Growth of Oxide Photorefractive Crystals....Pages 245-280
Bulk Crystal Growth of Ternary III–V Semiconductors....Pages 281-325
Growth and Characterization of Antimony-Based Narrow-Bandgap III–V Semiconductor Crystals for Infrared Detector Applications....Pages 327-366
Crystal Growth of Oxides by Optical Floating Zone Technique....Pages 367-391
Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth of Oxide Fibers....Pages 393-432
Synthesis of Refractory Materials by Skull Melting Technique....Pages 433-477
Crystal Growth of Laser Host Fluorides and Oxides....Pages 479-507
Shaped Crystal Growth....Pages 509-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-794
Bulk Single Crystals Grown from Solution on Earth and in Microgravity....Pages 559-598
Hydrothermal Growth of Polyscale Crystals....Pages 599-653
Hydrothermal and Ammonothermal Growth of ZnO and GaN....Pages 655-689
Stoichiometry and Domain Structure of KTP-Type Nonlinear Optical Crystals....Pages 691-723
Front Matter....Pages 557-794
High-Temperature Solution Growth: Application to Laser and Nonlinear Optical Crystals....Pages 725-757
Growth and Characterization of KDP and Its Analogs....Pages 759-794
Front Matter....Pages 795-936
Growth and Characterization of Silicon Carbide Crystals....Pages 797-820
AlN Bulk Crystal Growth by Physical Vapor Transport....Pages 821-843
Growth of Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors....Pages 845-867
Growth of III-Nitrides with Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE)....Pages 869-896
Growth of Semiconductor Single Crystals from Vapor Phase....Pages 897-935
Front Matter....Pages 937-1211
Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Carbide by Chemical Vapor Deposition....Pages 939-966
Liquid-Phase Electroepitaxy of Semiconductors....Pages 967-998
Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth of Semiconductors....Pages 999-1039
Liquid-Phase Epitaxy of Advanced Materials....Pages 1041-1068
Molecular-Beam Epitaxial Growth of HgCdTe....Pages 1069-1132
Metalorganic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy of Diluted Nitrides and Arsenide Quantum Dots....Pages 1133-1152
Formation of SiGe Heterostructures and Their Properties....Pages 1153-1192
Plasma Energetics in Pulsed Laser and Pulsed Electron Deposition....Pages 1193-1211
Front Matter....Pages 1213-1402
Convection and Control in Melt Growth of Bulk Crystals....Pages 1215-1242
Vapor Growth of III Nitrides....Pages 1243-1280
Continuum-Scale Quantitative Defect Dynamics in Growing Czochralski Silicon Crystals....Pages 1281-1334
Models for Stress and Dislocation Generation in Melt Based Compound Crystal Growth....Pages 1335-1378
Mass and Heat Transport in BS and EFG Systems....Pages 1379-1402
Front Matter....Pages 1403-1579
Crystalline Layer Structures with X-Ray Diffractometry....Pages 1405-1423
X-Ray Topography Techniques for Defect Characterization of Crystals....Pages 1425-1451
Defect-Selective Etching of Semiconductors....Pages 1453-1476
Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Crystals....Pages 1477-1519
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Characterization of Point Defects....Pages 1521-1549
Defect Characterization in Semiconductors with Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy....Pages 1551-1579
Front Matter....Pages 1581-1736
Protein Crystal Growth Methods....Pages 1583-1605
Crystallization from Gels....Pages 1607-1636
Crystal Growth and Ion Exchange in Titanium Silicates....Pages 1637-1662
Single-Crystal Scintillation Materials....Pages 1663-1700
Silicon Solar Cells: Materials, Devices, and Manufacturing....Pages 1701-1718
Wafer Manufacturing and Slicing Using Wiresaw....Pages 1719-1736
Back Matter....Pages 1737-1816
