Manufacturing and Properties of Functional Materials: (Volume 344 Solid State Phenomena)

The special edition includes articles that represented the latest research results and engineering solutions in the area of silicon carbide wafer manufacturing for power electronics, functional polymer and composite materials for various applications and special microwave absorption materials for defence from electromagnetic radiation. This special edition will be interesting to semiconductor power device production specialists and many branches of applied materials science.

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Silicon Carbide Wafer Manufacturing Transfer of Heteroepitaxial Grown 3C-SiC Layers for Application in Optical Frequency Combs Suppression of In-Grown SF Formation and BPD Propagation in 4H-Sic Epitaxial Layer by Sublimating Sub-Surface Damage before the Growth Ni-Silicide Ohmic Contacts on 4H-SiC Formed by Multi Pulse Excimer Laser Annealing In Situ Monitoring of the Ambient Gas Phase during PVT Growth of Nominally Undoped High Resistivity SiC Boules Study of GHz-Burst Femtosecond Laser Micro-Punching of 4H-SiC Wafers 3C-SiC Island Growth on 4H-Sic Terraces: Statistical Evidence for the Orientation Selection Rule Development of High Quality 8 Inch 4H-SiC Substrates Tailored Polycrystalline Substrate for SmartSiCTM Substrates Enabling High Performance Power Devices Study on Estimation of Device Yield in Non-Epitaxial 4H-SiC Material Relating to Defect Densities Influencing Bipolar Degradation with XRT- Measurements Chapter 2: Functional Materials PVA Nanofibers Embedded with Different Concentration of ZnO Prepared by Electrospinning Method Dielectric Properties of Epoxy Composites Containing Silver Nanoparticle and Carbon Nanotube over the X-Band Frequency Thermomechanical and Dielectric Properties Relationship of Hybrid Carbon Black and Nano Silica Epoxy Composites Selective Etch for Micromachining Process in Manufacturing Hybrid Microdevices composed of Ni-Mn-Ga and Silicon Layers Impedance and Dielectric Characterization of Epoxy Composites Containing Carbon Black and Carbon Nanotubes Chapter 3: Microwave Absorbing Materials The Optimal Performance of a Geopolymer Hollow Pyramidal Microwave Absorber with Triangular Slotted The Performance of Hollow Pyramidal Microwave Absorber Using Different Slot Size Utilization of Carbon Biomass as an Absorbing Material in Anti-Microwave Brick Walls Manufacturing