Thermodynamics of impurities in semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Estreicher, S K ^a   Sanati, M ^a   West, D ^a   Ruymgaart, F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CARBON; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; NITROGEN; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DENSITY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 19744381254     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.125209     Document Type: Article

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