Theory of Defects in Semiconductors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Drabold, David A. (Editor), Estreicher, Stefan K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 104
• Subjects: Materials science.; Condensed matter.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.

Semiconductor science and technology is the art of defect engineering. The theoretical modeling of defects has improved dramatically over the past decade. These tools are now applied to a wide range of materials issues: quantum dots, buckyballs, spintronics, interfaces, amorphous systems, and many o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Defect Theroy: An Armchair History
• 2. Supercell Methods for Defect Calculations
• 3. Marker-Method Calculations for Electrical Levels Using Gaussian-orbital Basis-sets
• 4. Dynamical Matrices and Free Energies
• 5. The Calculation of Free Energies in Semiconductors: Defects, Transitions and Phase Diagrams
• 6. Quantum Monte Carlo Techniques and Defects in Semiconductors
• 7. Quasiparticle Calculations for Point Defects at Semiconductor Surfaces
• 8. Multiscale Modelling of Defects in Semiconductors: A Novel Molecular Dynamics Scheme
• 9. Empirical Molecular Dynamics: Possibilities, Requirements, and Limitations
• 10. Defects in Amorphous Semiconductors: Amorphous Silicon
• 11. Light-induced Effects in Amorphous and Glassy Solids.