TURNING DOWN THE HEAT ON SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH - SOLUTION-CHEMICAL SYNTHESES AND THE SOLUTION-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM

Semiconductor crystal growth at low temperatures and under mild reacti on conditions would usher in a technological revolution. Following a b rief discussion of the processes that occur during crystal growth, sev eral growth techniques are described, including electrodeposition and surfactant-interface growth. Particular attention is paid to solution- liquid-solid growth, a technique discovered by the authors that resemb les a living polymerization and a phase transfer reaction, by which cr ystalline III-V materials are produced at the lowest known growth temp eratures.