Gallium nitride bulk crystal growth processes: A review

Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 167-194

  Denis, Annaïg ^a,b   Goglio, Graziella ^a,b   Demazeau, Gérard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Functional materials; GaN; Nitrides

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

GAN; MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 31944439039     PISSN: 0927796X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2005.11.001     Document Type: Review

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