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Semiconductors: Data Handbook
Microelectronics Journal 35 (2004) 685–686 www.elsevier.com/locate/mejo
Book Reviews Semiconductors: Data Handbook Otfried Madelung (Ed.); Springer, ISBN 3-540-40488-0 The data on the properties of semiconductor materials are scattered over many decades in time and many journals. One must spend an inordinate amount of time and effort to gather the information needed. The editor has compiled from the 17 volumes of the New Series of the Landolt-Bornstein data handbook which deals with semiconductors. This handbook contains information on many semiconductors materials, and consists of seven parts starting with some introductory remarks. Part II gives information about the properties of tetrahedrally bonded semiconducting elements and compounds. Parts III –V cover further groups of semiconducting elements, binary and ternary compounds, respectively. Part VI presents some information about substances which are described elsewhere in the literature as having semiconducting properties. Part VII gives the Substance Index in order to facilitate the use of the book. The main objective of this book is to provide the reader with all the important parameters which characterise the above-mentioned semiconductors. The reviewer can recommend this handbook highly to senior undergraduates or postgraduates students, but researchers in semiconductor materials will also welcome the book and find things to interest to them. It serves as excellent reference manual for anyone who needs to find information on basic data of semiconductors. M. Henini* School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 28 May 2004
order to realise novel devices that make use of low-dimensional confinement effects. One of the promising fabrication methods is to use self-organised three-dimensional (3D) structures, such as 3D coherent islands, which are often formed during the initial stage of heteroepitaxial growth in lattice-mismatched systems. Quantum Dots (QDs), for example, are believed to provide a promising way for a new generation of optical light sources such as injection lasers. The six chapters, including an introduction and conclusion, which make this book give an account of the following topics: growth and characterisation techniques, self-organisation phenomena at crystal surfaces, engineering of complex nanostructures: working together with nature, and devices based on epitaxial nanostructures. In about 380 pages, the authors give a comprehensive overview of the field of epitaxy of nanostructures, and bring together all the factors which are essential in the physical mechanisms behind the spontaneous formation of ordered nanostructures at semiconductor surfaces. Overall this is a very worthwhile book for anyone interested in epitaxy of nanostructures. The presentation of the book is high with well set text. The reviewer can recommend it highly to senior undergraduates or postgraduates students, but researchers in semiconducting materials will also welcome the book and find things to interest to them. In conclusion, this is an excellent book where the authors cover the important aspects of a subject and avoid the temptation to include everything they can think of. This text fills an important gap in the market, providing excellent introduction to nanostructures. M. Henini* School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 5 June 2004
* Tel.: þ44-115-951-5195; fax: þ44-115-951-5180. doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2004.04.001
* Tel.: þ 44-115-951-5195; fax: þ44-115-951-5180. doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2004.04.002
Epitaxy of Nanostructures V.A. Shchulin, N.N. Ledenstov, D. Bimberg (Eds.); Springer, ISBN 3-540-40488-0 One of the main directions of contemporary semiconductor physics is the production and study of structures with a dimension less than two: quantum wires and quantum dots, in
X-ray Scattering from Semiconductors (2nd Edition) Paul F. Fewster; Imperial College Press, ISBN: 1-86094360-8 As the author rightly points out X-ray scattering is used extensively to provide detailed information about materials.
Book Reviews Semiconductors: Data Handbook Otfried Madelung (Ed.); Springer, ISBN 3-540-40488-0 The data on the properties of semiconductor materials are scattered over many decades in time and many journals. One must spend an inordinate amount of time and effort to gather the information needed. The editor has compiled from the 17 volumes of the New Series of the Landolt-Bornstein data handbook which deals with semiconductors. This handbook contains information on many semiconductors materials, and consists of seven parts starting with some introductory remarks. Part II gives information about the properties of tetrahedrally bonded semiconducting elements and compounds. Parts III –V cover further groups of semiconducting elements, binary and ternary compounds, respectively. Part VI presents some information about substances which are described elsewhere in the literature as having semiconducting properties. Part VII gives the Substance Index in order to facilitate the use of the book. The main objective of this book is to provide the reader with all the important parameters which characterise the above-mentioned semiconductors. The reviewer can recommend this handbook highly to senior undergraduates or postgraduates students, but researchers in semiconductor materials will also welcome the book and find things to interest to them. It serves as excellent reference manual for anyone who needs to find information on basic data of semiconductors. M. Henini* School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 28 May 2004
order to realise novel devices that make use of low-dimensional confinement effects. One of the promising fabrication methods is to use self-organised three-dimensional (3D) structures, such as 3D coherent islands, which are often formed during the initial stage of heteroepitaxial growth in lattice-mismatched systems. Quantum Dots (QDs), for example, are believed to provide a promising way for a new generation of optical light sources such as injection lasers. The six chapters, including an introduction and conclusion, which make this book give an account of the following topics: growth and characterisation techniques, self-organisation phenomena at crystal surfaces, engineering of complex nanostructures: working together with nature, and devices based on epitaxial nanostructures. In about 380 pages, the authors give a comprehensive overview of the field of epitaxy of nanostructures, and bring together all the factors which are essential in the physical mechanisms behind the spontaneous formation of ordered nanostructures at semiconductor surfaces. Overall this is a very worthwhile book for anyone interested in epitaxy of nanostructures. The presentation of the book is high with well set text. The reviewer can recommend it highly to senior undergraduates or postgraduates students, but researchers in semiconducting materials will also welcome the book and find things to interest to them. In conclusion, this is an excellent book where the authors cover the important aspects of a subject and avoid the temptation to include everything they can think of. This text fills an important gap in the market, providing excellent introduction to nanostructures. M. Henini* School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 5 June 2004
* Tel.: þ44-115-951-5195; fax: þ44-115-951-5180. doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2004.04.001
* Tel.: þ 44-115-951-5195; fax: þ44-115-951-5180. doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2004.04.002
Epitaxy of Nanostructures V.A. Shchulin, N.N. Ledenstov, D. Bimberg (Eds.); Springer, ISBN 3-540-40488-0 One of the main directions of contemporary semiconductor physics is the production and study of structures with a dimension less than two: quantum wires and quantum dots, in
X-ray Scattering from Semiconductors (2nd Edition) Paul F. Fewster; Imperial College Press, ISBN: 1-86094360-8 As the author rightly points out X-ray scattering is used extensively to provide detailed information about materials.