Books by Keyword: Surface Reconstruction

Description: Zinc oxide, already used millennia ago as a medicine and as an adjunct to brass production, has assumed a new importance in the modern world because of its native n-type semiconducting properties. It has, for instance, a relatively large (3.3eV) band-gap at room temperature. This leads to higher breakdown voltages, resistance to high electric fields, lower electronic noise and superior performance at high temperatures and powers. The band-gap can also be tailored by alloying with magnesium or cadmium oxides. The material exhibits other useful properties, such as a good transparency, a high electron mobility and a strong room-temperature luminescence; all of which are invaluable to the manufacture of the liquid-crystal displays of modern consumer goods. The present compilation comprises nearly 500 accounts of research on the diffusional behaviour of dopants and on the defects present in the wurtzite or zincblende structures. It is hoped that this handy compendium of data will be of value to those working on the tailoring of ZnO properties; especially with regard to the controversies concerning its doping behaviour.

Description: The requirements of high precision and of high-quality components and devices in meeting the needs of modern industry and society in disciplines such as semiconductors, optics, nanotechnology, MEMS, manufacturing, biomedical and environmental engineering, make measurement technology and intelligent instruments (which sense, measure and report), more important than ever, and essential for the rapid development of information technology. Following the lead of the previous five publications (1989, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001) in the series, “Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments”, this book presents the most recent advances in this important field. In all, 123 papers were contributed from many regions of the world; including China, Taiwan (China), Japan, Russia, Hong Kong (China), Germany, Australia, Austria, Canada, Korea, Poland, Slovakia and the UK and US.

Description: Surface Diffusion and Surface Structure - Ten Years of Research The topic of surface diffusion continues to increase in importance, not only because of its practical importance in fields as diverse as catalysis and crystal growth/solidification, but also because this is a case in which fundamental diffusion processes can be monitored in extreme detail; even to the point of following a single migrating atom.

Description: The 140^th volume of the journal “Defect and Diffusion Forum” constitutes an abstract book reflecting the most contemporary scientific results and decisions in the field of formation and dissemination of defects in solid materials. Besides, the presented investigations regard and examine such notions us surface diffusion, surface reconstruction, dislocation, interdiffusion, electromigration photon irradiation etc., applying the most innovative approaches. The published abstract book may be attractive for the professionals in various branches of materials science, students as well as scientific investigators workings in the related fields.