Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology are discussed here,with particular emphasis being placed on device applications. Fundamental aspects,as well as technological problems which are associated with defects in electronic materials and devices, are addressed. The topics in this volume were selected on the basis that single-crystal Si, and Si-based, semiconductors will dominate microelectronics until far into the 21st century. The main reason for the overwhelming success of silicon technology is economic: the production cost per area increases by a factor of 5, or even 10, on going from 200 mm Si wafers to compound semiconductors or other substrate materials. Furthermore, the unceasing efforts in research on Si-based materials have been able to overcome some of the most stringent limitations on a Si-based technology. In fact, demonstrations of the feasibility of integrating IV-IV heterostructures and light-emitting devices into silicon technology, together with the promise of 450mm wafers combined with 70 nm technology, seem set to maintain the performance advantages that cause more than 95% of all manufactured semiconductor devices to be fabricated in silicon. However, the demands for wider applications of solid-state electronics are increasing demands to be made for devices having higher performances or very special properties. This makes research, on advanced materials and devices which are based upon other semiconductors, a highly relevant strand of semiconductor research for the near future. These proceedings span a wide variety of topics: going from silicon crystal growth and substrates, to technological processes and analytical techniques, to dopant-defect interactions, gettering, Si opto-electronics, radiation-hardness and nanoelectronics. A small section is also dedicated to compound semiconductors and materials other than silicon.

Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology are discussed here,with particular emphasis being placed on device applications. Fundamental aspects,as well as technological problems which are associated with defects in electronic materials and devices, are addressed. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The topics in this volume were selected on the basis that single-crystal Si, and Si-based, semiconductors will dominate microelectronics until far into the 21st century. The main reason for the overwhelming success of silicon technology is economic: the production cost per area increases by a factor of 5, or even 10, on going from 200 mm Si wafers to compound semiconductors or other substrate materials.

The book includes both fundamental and technological aspects of defects in semiconductor materials and devices, including photovoltaics. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 74 papers are grouped as follows: I. Defect engineering in silicon solar cells; II. Structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells; III. Characterisation of silicon for solar cells; IV. Intrinsic point defects in silicon; V. Light impurities in silicon-based materials; VI. Metals in silicon: fundamental properties and gettering; VII. Extended and implantation-related defects in silicon; VIII. Surfaces, passivation and processing; IX. Germanium-based devices and materials; X. Semiconductors other than silicon and germanium; XI. Nanostructures and new materials systems.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 10th International Autumn Meeting on "Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology - GADEST 2003," which took place from the 21st to the 26th of September 2003 at the Seehotel Zeuthen, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The Seehotel Zeuthen, near Berlin, was an excellent location at which to provide a forum for interactions between scientists and engineers engaged in the field of semiconductor defect physics, materials science and technology; and to reflect upon aspects of the coming era of conversion from micro-electronics to nano-electronics. In addition, a particular ambition was to strengthen the interactions and exchanges between communities working in the fields of crystalline silicon for electronics and photovoltaics.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This proceedings volume contains 126 contributions from the 11th international meeting on Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology GADEST 2005 held at “La Badine” at the Giens peninsula south of France.

The book includes both fundamental and technological aspects of defects in semiconductor materials and devices, including photovoltaics. The 74 papers are grouped as follows: I. Defect engineering in silicon solar cells; II. Structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells; III. Characterisation of silicon for solar cells; IV. Intrinsic point defects in silicon; V. Light impurities in silicon-based materials; VI. Metals in silicon: fundamental properties and gettering; VII. Extended and implantation-related defects in silicon; VIII. Surfaces, passivation and processing; IX. Germanium-based devices and materials; X. Semiconductors other than silicon and germanium; XI. Nanostructures and new materials systems. Review from Book News Inc.: The proceedings for GADEST 2013 contains 84 papers on such matters as defect engineering in silicon solar cells, structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells, characterizing silicon for solar cells, intrinsic point defects in silicon, light impurities in silicon-based materials, fundamental properties and gettering of metals in silicon, extended and implantation-related defects in silicon, germanium-based devices and materials, semiconductors other than silicon and germanium, and nanostructures and new materials systems.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The papers contained herein cover the most important and timely issues in the field of “Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology”, ranging from the theoretical analysis of defect problems to practical engineering solutions, with the emphasis on Si-based materials. Apart from the traditional topics of defect and materials engineering, characterization, modeling and simulation, and the co-integration of various material classes, topics such as materials for solar cells and photonics are discussed. Defects in graphene and in nanocrystals and nanowires are also treated, making this a very up-to-date survey of the field.