Ab-initio calculations of the energetics and kinetics of defects and impurities in semiconductors

ECS Transactions

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Windl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DIFFUSION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RATE CONSTANTS;

AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; MIGRATION PATHS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 33846961852     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2355755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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