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Record Nr.

UNINA9910634054203321

Titolo

Theory of Defects in Semiconductors [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David A. Drabold, Stefan Estreicher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007

ISBN

1-281-39210-3

9786611392109

3-540-33401-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 295 p. 60 illus.)

Collana

Topics in Applied Physics, , 0303-4216 ; ; 104

Disciplina

620.11295

620.11297

Soggetti

Optical materials

Electronics - Materials

Condensed matter

Lasers

Photonics

Engineering

Optical and Electronic Materials

Condensed Matter Physics

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

Engineering, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

1. Defect Theroy: An Armchair History -- 2. Supercell Methods for Defect Calculations -- 3. Marker-Method Calculations for Electrical Levels Using Gaussian-orbital Basis-sets -- 4. Dynamical Matrices and Free Energies -- 5. The Calculation of Free Energies in Semiconductors: Defects, Transitions and Phase Diagrams -- 6. Quantum Monte Carlo Techniques and Defects in Semiconductors -- 7. Quasiparticle Calculations for Point Defects at Semiconductor Surfaces -- 8. Multiscale Modelling of Defects in Semiconductors: A Novel Molecular Dynamics Scheme -- 9. Empirical Molecular Dynamics: Possibilities,



Requirements, and Limitations -- 10. Defects in Amorphous Semiconductors: Amorphous Silicon -- 11. Light-induced Effects in Amorphous and Glassy Solids.

Sommario/riassunto

Semiconductor science and technology is the art of defect engineering. The theoretical modeling of defects has improved dramatically over the past decade. These tools are now applied to a wide range of materials issues: quantum dots, buckyballs, spintronics, interfaces, amorphous systems, and many others. This volume presents a coherent and detailed description of the field, and brings together leaders in theoretical research. Today's state-of-the-art, as well as tomorrow’s tools, are discussed: the supercell-pseudopotential method, the GW formalism,Quantum Monte Carlo, learn-on-the-fly molecular dynamics, finite-temperature treatments, etc. A wealth of applications are included, from point defects to wafer bonding or the propagation of dislocation.