Crystal growth processes based on capillarity: Czochralski, floating zone, shaping and crucible techniques

This book will cover all aspects of crystal growth technologies (Czochralski,Floating zone, shaping, and Bridgman). It will be an up-to-date reference in this field, with detailed technical and applied information, especially on thedifficult problem of crystal shape control. The book will begin with an introduction to crystal growth and defects as well as techniques for crystal growth. The first chapter will be dedicated to the basic principles of capillarity in relation to crystal growth. Chapters 2 and 3 will describe shape stability in crucibleless crystal growth and Czochralski process dynamics and control, respectively. Zone stability in the floating zone, shaped crystal growth, crucible techniques and dewetting on earth and in space will be discussed in Chapters 4 to 7. The final chapters will cover Marangoni convection in crystal growthand numerical simulation of capillarity problems and processes.Thierry Duffar is professor at Grenoble Polytechnic Institute (France) where he received his PhD in chemical engineering. Professor Duffar is a member of various scientific committees including the International Organization of Crystal Growth and the International Union of Crystallography and he was chair of the organizing committee for 14th International Conference on Crystal Growth inGrenoble in 2004. Professor Duffar is the (co)author of more than 100 publications in refereed scientific journals. His current research interests include the electromagnetic processing of materials, the effect of electromagnetic andgravity fields on crystal growth processes, studies on structural defect generation in materials and the means to control them and the elaboration of photovoltaic silicon.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-71244-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 592
• Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés