Semiconductor components based on silicon have been used in a wide range of applications for some time now. These elemental semiconductors are now well researched and technologically well developed. In the meantime the focus has switched to a new group of materials: ceramic semiconductors based on nitrides are currently the subject of research due to their optical and electronic characteristics. They open up new industrial possibilities in the field of photosensors, as light sources or as electronic components.
This collection of review articles provides a systematic and in-depth overview of the topic, on both a high and current level. It offers information on the physical basics as well as the latest results in a compact yet comprehensive manner. The contributions cover the physical processes involved in manufacture, from semiconductor growth, via their atomic structures and the related characteristics right up to future industrial applications. A highly pertinent book for anyone working in applied materials research or the semiconductor industry.
About the Author: Isabella Grzegory, High Pressure Research Center, Poland Pierre Gibart, CRHEA-CNRS, France
A. Georgakilas, Microelectronics Research Group, Greece
Agnès Trassoudaine, Université Blaise Pascal, France
V. Yu. Davydov, Polytekhnicheskaya, Russia
Jörg Neugebauer, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Germany
Ph. Komninou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Pierre Ruterana, ESCTM-CRISMAT, France
P. J. Hartlieb, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
H. Amano, Meijo University, Japan
Hadis Morkoç, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Franck Omnes, CRHEA/CNRS, France
