Thermodynamic Basis of Crystal Growth

P-T-X Phase Equilibrium and Non-Stoichiometry

Jacob Greenberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

VIII, 251 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-07452-3 (ISBN)

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It is particularly symptomatic that a volume concerning P-T-X phase equilibrium should appear in the Materials Science Series. Entering the 21st century, progress in modern electronics is increasingly becoming associated with devices based not only on silicon but also on chemical compounds. These include both semiconduc tors and, in the last 15 years, multinary oxides with high-To superconductor properties. The critical role of chemical processes in the technologies of these materials is quite evident, and in recent years has stimulated vigorous research activity in the physical chemistry of materials, resulting in a renaissance of this field. The leading role in these efforts belongs to thermodynamics, in particular, computer modeling of chemical processes, phase equilibrium, and controlled synthesis of inorganic materials with preliminary fixed stoichiometric composition. Especially important contributions have been made regarding non stoichiometry and our understanding of the crucial relationship between composition and properties of the materials since the development of the vapor pressure scanning approach to the phenomenon of non-stoichiometry. This method of the in situ investigation of the crystal composition directly at high temperatures 3 4 proved to be of an unparalleled precision of 10- _10 at. % and made it possible to obtain in an analytical form functional dependences of the crystal composition on temperature, pressure, and composition of the crystallizing matrix for crystals with sub-O. l at. % range of existence.

1 Thermodynamic Fundamentals.- 2 Experimental Methods of Investigating P-T-X Phase Equilibrium.- 3 Experimental Data on P-T-X Phase Diagrams and Non-stoichiometry.- Conclusion.- References.

"We recommend this book to any physicist concerned with phase diagrams and to any materials scientist concerned with semiconducting compounds."

--Physicalia

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Springer Series in Materials Science
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 251 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	396 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Schlagworte	Crystal • inorganic materials • Materials Science • Non-stoichiometry • Scanning • semiconductor • semiconductors • Vapor Pressure
ISBN-10	3-642-07452-9 / 3642074529
ISBN-13	978-3-642-07452-3 / 9783642074523
Zustand	Neuware