"This Proceedings Volume includes papers that were presented at the Eighth Symposium on High Purity Silicon held in Honolulu, Hawaii at the 206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 3-8, 2004"--Pref.

"... papers that were presented at the Sixth Symposium on High Purity Silicon held in Phoenix, Arizona at the 198th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 22-27, 2000."--Preface.

This issue discusses the latest developments in the growth, characterization, device processing and applications of high-purity silicon in either bulk or epitaxial form. Information is given on the control and prevention of impurity incorporation, characterization and detection of defects and impurity states. Device and circuit aspects are also covered. Advanced substrates such as SOI, strained Si and germanium-on-insulator are discussed.