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Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and
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Peter Y. Yu Manuel Cardona
Fundamentals
of Semiconductors
Physics and Materials Properties
Third, Revised and Enlarged Edition
With 250 Two-Color Figures,
52 Tables and 116 Problems
4y Springer

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Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 A Survey of Semiconductors 2
1.1.1 Elemental Semiconductors 2
1.1.2 Binary Compounds 2
1.1.3 Oxides 3
1.1.4 Layered Semiconductors 3
1.1.5 Organic Semiconductors 4
1.1.6 Magnetic Semiconductors 4
1.1.7 Other Miscellaneous Semiconductors 4
1.2 Growth Techniques 5
1.2.1 Czochralski Method 5
1.2.2 Bridgman Method 6
1.2.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition 7
1.2.4 Molecular Beam Epitaxy 8
1.2.5 Fabrication of Self-Organized Quantum Dots
by the Stranski-Krastanow Growth Method 11
1.2.6 Liquid Phase Epitaxy 13
Summary 14
Periodic Table of "Semiconductor-Forming" Elements 15