Advances in Research and Applications

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.

CONTRIBUTORS

vii

(2)

PREFACE

ix

Some Fundamentals of Grain Growth

1

(37)

D. WEAIRE

S. McMURRY

I. Introduction

1

(2)

II. Ideal Grain Growth

3

(4)

III. Some Elementary Solutions

7

(3)

IV. The Motion of Boundary Intersections in 2D and 3D

10

(3)

V. The Law of Mullins and von Neumann

13

(5)

VI. Asymptotic Properties and the Fate of Small Cells

18

(1)

VII. Approximate Models

19

(5)

VIII. Three-Dimensional Simulation

24

(1)

IX. Analogous Systems

24

(2)

X. Separated Grains: The Lifshitz-Slyozov Theory

26

(9)

XI. Conclusions

35

(3)

Nucleation Theory

38

(151)

DAVID T. WU

I. Introduction

38

(1)

II. Classical Theory

39

(18)

III. Kinetic Approach

57

(36)

IV. Rate Equation

93

(17)

V. Fokker-Planck Equation

110

(25)

VI. Topics in Multicomponent Nucleation

135

(54)

Driven Alloys

189

(144)

GEORGES MARTIN

PASCAL BELLON

I. Introduction

189

(2)

II. Typical Examples of Phase Transformations in Driven Alloys

191

(30)

III. Phenomenological Theory

221

(28)

IV. Typical Predictions and Experimental Assessments

249

(70)

V. Conclusions

319

(14)

Light Emission from Silicon

333

(50)

L. C. KIMERLING

K. D. KOLENBRANDER

J. MICHEL

J. PALM

I. Overview

333

(6)

II. Intrinsic Luminescence in Silicon

339

(3)

III. Extrinsic Luminescence

342

(18)

IV. Silicon Alloys

360

(3)

V. Strain Fields

363

(3)

VI. Nanostructured Silicon

366

(7)

VII. Applications

373

(7)

VIII. Conclusions

380

(3)

AUTHOR INDEX

383

(12)

SUBJECT INDEX

395

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