Semiconductor Materials

Semiconductor Materials presents physico-chemical, electronic, electrical, elastic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, and other properties of a vast group of elemental, binary, and ternary inorganic semiconductors and their solid solutions. It also discusses the properties of organic semiconductors. Descriptions are given of the most commonly used semiconductor devices-charge-coupled devices, field-effect transistors, unijunction transistors, thyristors, Zener and avalanche diodes, and photodiodes and lasers. The current trend of transitioning from silicon technology to gallium arsenide technology in field-effect-based electronic devices is a special feature that is also covered. More than 300 figures and 100 tables highlight discussions in the text, and more than 2,000 references guide you to further sources on specific topics. Semiconductor Materials is a relatively compact book containing vast information on semiconductor material properties. Readers can compare results of the property measurements that have been reported by different authors and critically compare the data using the reference information contained in the book. Engineers who design and improve semiconductor devices, researchers in physics and chemistry, and students of materials science and electronics will find this a valuable guide.

Table of Contents:
Semiconductor Materials: Definition, History, Systematization. Introduction to Semiconductor Physics: Chemical Bonds in Semiconductor Crystals. Electrical Conductivity in Semiconductors. Thermoelectric Phenomena in Semiconductors. Recombination of Electrons and Holes. Photoconductivity and Photo-emf. Phenomena at the Interface of n-Type and p-Type Semiconductors. Brief Description of the Methods of Evaluation of the Basic Properties of Semiconductors. Elemental Semiconductors: Boron. Diamond. Silicon. Germanium. Gray Tin. Phosphorus. Selenium. Tellurium. Binary IV-VI and III-V Semiconductors, Binary II-VI and I-VII Tetrahedral Semicon-ductors, Ternary Adamantine Semiconductors: Ternary Analogs of the III-V Adamantine Semiconductors. Ternary Analogs of II-VI Adamantine Semiconductors. Defect Adamantine Semiconductors. III2-IV-VI Compounds. Non-Adamantine Semiconductors and Variable-Composition Semiconductor Phases: IA-IB Semiconductors. Semiconductors in the I-V Binary Systems. I-VI Compounds. II2-IV Compounds with Antifluoride Structure. IV-VI Galenite Type Compounds. V2-VI3 Compounds. Binary Compounds of the Group VIIIA Elements. Semiconductor Solid Solutions. Organic Semiconductors. Semiconductor Devices: p-n Junction and Schottky Barrier. p-n-Junction and Schottky-Barrier Two-Electrode Devices. Multi-terminal (multibarrier) devices. Index. Very Short TOC