Equipment for low temperature steady-state growth of silicon from metallic solutions

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2484-2488

  Teubner, Thomas ^a   Heimburger, Robert ^a   Böttcher, Klaus ^a   Boeck, Torsten ^a   Fornari, Roberto ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

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EID: 61549142439     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg800120q     Document Type: Article

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