Just how perfect can a perfect crystal be?

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 10 A, 1999, Pages

  Deslattes, Richard D ^a   Kessler Jr , Ernest G ^a   Owens, Scott ^a   Black, David ^a   Henins, Albert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AVOGADRO CONSTANT; CHEMICAL IMPURITIES; LATTICE UNIFORMITY; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

SILICON;

EID: 0032644232     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/10A/301     Document Type: Article

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