Morphological and Compositional Evolution of Heteroepitaxial Semiconductor Thin Films Symposium K Held April 24-27, 2000, San Francisco, California

Strain has a tremendous effect on the morphology and composition of heteroepitaxial semiconductor thin films. Recent progress in strained island formation, and in the morphological and compositional instabilities induced by heteroepitaxial stress, has led to new theoretical and experimental advances, as well as to promising materials for various optoelectronic applications. This volume brings together leading research groups that are focusing on these and related problems in order to survey the important advances and breaking news in the field. The volume centers around "mechanisms rather than materials, thus papers in different semiconductor systems, including SiGe, III-V nitrides, or II-VI semiconductors, are presented. Issues on growth, characterization, and modeling of morphological and compositional nonuniformities are also addressed, as are devices based on these spontaneous structures.Millunchick, J. M. is the author of 'Morphological and Compositional Evolution of Heteroepitaxial Semiconductor Thin Films Symposium K Held April 24-27, 2000, San Francisco, California' with ISBN 9781558995260 and ISBN 1558995269.