Solid state physics
Subtitle: Advances in Research and Applications
Contributors: Spaepen, Frans
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780080865140
Subjects: Semiconductors; Physics; Solid state physics
Description: Solid State Physics, Volume 50 continues the series' tradition of excellence by focusing on the optical and electronic properties and applications of semiconductors. All of the topics in this volume are at thecutting-edge of research in the semiconductor field and will be of great interest to the scientific community.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 50; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Some Fundamentals of Grain Growth; I. Introduction; II. Ideal Grain Growth; III. Some Elementary Solutions; IV. The Motion of Boundary Intersections in 2D and 3D; V. The Law of Mullins and von Neumann; VI. Asymptotic Properties and the Fate of Small Cells; VII. Approximate Models; VIII. Three-Dimensional Simulation; IX. Analogous Systems; X. Separated Grains: The Lifshitz-Slyozov Theory; XI. Conclusions; Chapter 2. Nucleation Theory; I. Introduction; II. Classical Theory; title: III. Kinetic ApproachIV. Rate Equation; V. Fokker-Planck Equation; VI. Topics in Multicomponent Nucleation; Chapter 3. Driven Alloys; I. Introduction; II. Typical Examples of Phase Transformations in Driven Alloys; III. Phenomenological Theory; IV. Typical Predictions and Experimental Assessments; V. Conclusions; Chapter 4. Light Emission from Silicon; I. Overview; II. Intrinsic Luminescence in Silicon; III. Extrinsic Luminescence; IV. Silicon Alloys; V. Strain Fields; VI. Nanostructured Silicon; VII. Applications; VIII. Conclusions; Author Index; Subject Index