The use of aluminum and gallium hydrides in materials science

The use of aluminum and gallium hydrides as molecular precursors has been a n important development in the field of materials science. Alanes and galla nes have been used in a variety of techniques, such as chemical vapor depos ition and solution-based methodologies, to synthesize materials ranging fro m aluminum thin films to nanocrystalline 13-15 materials. This review is in tended to capture the general features of the use of alanes and gallanes in the synthesis of solid state materials. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.