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  1. Analysis of the High-Pressure High-Temperature (HPHT) growth of single crystal diamond
  2. Scalable Quantum Memory Nodes Using Nuclear Spins in Silicon Carbide
  3. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hypereutectic Al-High Si Alloys up to 70 wt.% Si-Content Produced from Pre-Alloyed and Blended Powder via Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  4. Long-Term Stability of Novel Crucible Systems for the Growth of Oxygen-Free Czochralski Silicon Crystals
  5. Investigation of Facetted Growth in Heavily Doped Silicon Crystals Grown in Mirror Furnaces
  6. Numerical Analysis of Gas Flow Instabilities in Simplified Vertical HVPE GaN Reactors
  7. Statistical investigation of dislocation induced leakage current paths in AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures on Si and the impact of growth conditions
  8. Physically-based, lumped-parameter models for the prediction of oxygen concentration during Czochralski growth of silicon crystals
  9. Numerical forecast of redzone extension in cast silicon ingots in dependence on the purity level of crucible, coating and feedstock
  10. Assessment of residual melt removal as approach to reduce the top redzone of cast silicon ingots
  11. High-Performance n-Type Ge-Free Silicon Thermoelectric Material from Silicon Waste
  12. Factors influencing the gas bubble evolution and the cristobalite formation in quartz glass Cz crucibles for Czochralski growth of silicon crystals
  13. Facet growth and geometry of the growth ridge during dynamic Czochralski processes
  14. Influence of crucible properties and Si3N4-coating composition on the oxygen concentration in multi-crystalline silicon ingots
  15. A Low‐Cost Al‐Graphite Battery with Urea and Acetamide‐Based Electrolytes
  16. A Low‐Cost Al‐Graphite Battery with Urea and Acetamide‐Based Electrolytes
  17. Lifetime limiting defects in 4H-SiC epitaxial layers: The influence of substrate originated defects
  18. Metal contamination of silicon from the furnace atmosphere after crystallization
  19. In-Situ Preparation of GaN Sacrificial Layers on Sapphire Substrate in MOVPE Reactor for Self-Separation of the Overgrown GaN Crystal
  20. Stress evolution in thick GaN layers grown by HVPE
  21. The impact of dislocations on AlGaN/GaN Schottky diodes and on gate failure of high electron mobility transistors
  22. Solid state diffusion of metallic impurities from crucible and coating materials into crystalline silicon ingots for PV application
  23. Interplay between C-doping, threading dislocations, breakdown, and leakage in GaN on Si HEMT structures
  24. Investigation of gas bubble growth in fused silica crucibles for silicon Czochralski crystal growth
  25. Impact of different SiO2 diffusion barrier layers on lifetime distribution in multi-crystalline silicon ingots
  26. Vertical breakdown of GaN on Si due to V-pits
  27. Considerations on the limitations of the growth rate during pulling of silicon crystals by the Czochralski technique for PV applications
  28. Erlangen—An Important Center of Crystal Growth and Epitaxy: Major Scientific Results and Technological Solutions of the Last Four Decades
  29. Corrigendum to “Particle engulfment dynamics under oscillating crystal growth conditions” [J. Crystal Growth 468 (2017) 24–27]
  30. Production of high performance multi-crystalline silicon ingots for PV application by using contamination-free SixNy seed particles
  31. Deeper insight into lifetime-engineering in 4H-SiC by ion implantation
  32. Theoretical aspects and microstructural investigations on V-pit defects in HVPE grown GaN
  33. Silicon Waste from the Photovoltaic Industry - A Material Source for the Next Generation Battery Technology?
  34. Analysis of the geometry of the growth ridges and correlation to the thermal gradient during growth of silicon crystals by the Czochralski-method
  35. Evaluation of improvement strategies of grain structure properties in high performance multi-crystalline silicon ingots
  36. Methodology for the investigation of threading dislocations as a source of vertical leakage in AlGaN/GaN-HEMT heterostructures for power devices
  37. Thermoelectric properties of silicon and recycled silicon sawing waste
  38. Influence and Mutual Interaction of Process Parameters on the Z1/2 Defect Concentration during Epitaxy of 4H-SiC
  39. Optical Stressing of 4H-SiC Material and Devices
  40. Edge facet dynamics during the growth of heavily doped n-type silicon by the Czochralski-method
  41. A Practical Example of GaN-LED Failure Cause Analysis by Application of Combined Electron Microscopy Techniques
  42. Engulfment and pushing of Si3N4 and SiC particles during directional solidification of silicon under microgravity conditions
  43. Particle engulfment dynamics under oscillating crystal growth conditions
  44. Influence of different nucleation layers on the initial grain structure of multicrystalline silicon ingots
  45. Dislocation formation in heavily As-doped Czochralski grown silicon
  46. A quantitative model with new scaling for silicon carbide particle engulfment during silicon crystal growth
  47. Evolution of grain structure and recombination active dislocations in extraordinary tall conventional and high performance multi-crystalline silicon ingots
  48. Correlation of carbon doping variations with the vertical breakdown of GaN-on-Si for power electronics
  49. Dislocation formation in seed crystals induced by feedstock indentation during growth of quasimono crystalline silicon ingots
  50. Dynamic Modeling of Critical Velocities for the Pushing/Engulfment Transition in the Si-SiC System Under Gravity Conditions
  51. Interaction of SiC particles with moving solid–liquid interface during directional solidification of silicon
  52. Phase-field simulations of particle capture during the directional solidification of silicon
  53. Modelling of Effective Minority Carrier Lifetime in 4H-SiC n-Type Epilayers
  54. Wetting and infiltration of nitride bonded silicon nitride by liquid silicon
  55. Clarification of the relation between the grain structure of industrial grown mc-Si and the area fraction of electrical active defects by means of statistical grain structure evaluation
  56. Influence of different seed materials on multi-crystalline silicon ingot properties
  57. Investigation of iron contamination of seed crystals and its impact on lifetime distribution in Quasimono silicon ingots
  58. Electrically Inactive Dopants in Heavily Doped As-Grown Czochralski Silicon
  59. Investigations of Critical Structural Defects in Active Layers of GaN-on-Si for Power Electronic Devices
  60. Imaging Defect Luminescence of 4H-SiC by Ultraviolet-Photoluminescence
  61. Optical in-situ monitoring system for simultaneous measurement of thickness and curvature of thick layer stacks during hydride vapor phase epitaxy growth of GaN
  62. Nitride bonded silicon nitride as a reusable crucible material for directional solidification of silicon
  63. Response of as grown dislocation structure to temperature and stress treatment in multi-crystalline silicon
  64. Guest Editors' Preface
  65. Defect formation induced by seed-joints during directional solidification of quasi-mono-crystalline silicon ingots
  66. Numerical time-dependent 3D simulation of flow pattern and heat distribution in an ammonothermal system with various baffle shapes
  67. Influence of grain boundaries intentionally induced between seed plates on the defect generation in quasi-mono-crystalline silicon ingots
  68. Preferred grain orientations in silicon ribbons grown by the string ribbon and the edge-defined film-fed growth methods
  69. Laue scanner: A new method for determination of grain orientations and grain boundary types of multicrystalline silicon on a full wafer scale
  70. HCl Assisted Growth of Thick 4H-SiC Epilayers for Bipolar Devices
  71. Comparative study of the luminescence of Al2O3:C and Al2O3 crystals under synchrotron radiation excitation
  72. Experimental verification of the model by Klapper for 4H-SiC homoepitaxy on vicinal substrates
  73. Numerical parameter studies of 3D melt flow and interface shape for directional solidification of silicon in a traveling magnetic field
  74. Step-controlled homoepitaxial growth of 4H–SiC on vicinal substrates
  75. Constitutional Supercooling in Czochralski Growth οf Heavily Doped Silicon Crystals
  76. Non-isothermal model experiments and numerical simulations for directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon in a traveling magnetic field
  77. Combined global 2D–local 3D modeling of the industrial Czochralski silicon crystal growth process
  78. Unsteady coupled 3D calculations of melt flow, interface shape, and species transport for directional solidification of silicon in a traveling magnetic field
  79. Influence of Epilayer Thickness and Structural Defects on the Minority Carrier Lifetime in 4H-SiC
  80. SXRT Investigations on Electrically Stressed 4H-SiC PiN Diodes for 6.5 kV
  81. Systematic characterization of multi-crystalline silicon String Ribbon wafer
  82. Considerations on the Effect of Interstitial and Precipitated Fe in Intentionally Fe-Doped mc-Silicon
  83. Mono-crystalline growth in directional solidification of silicon with different orientation and splitting of seed crystals
  84. Doping induced lattice misfit in 4H–SiC homoepitaxy
  85. Analysis of the growth conditions of long single crystalline basal-plane-faceted sapphire ribbons by the Stepanov/EFG technique
  86. Cathodoluminescence imaging for the determination of dislocation density in differently doped HVPE GaN
  87. Model experiments and numerical simulations for directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon in a traveling magnetic field
  88. Liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) of GaN on c- and r-faces of AlN substrates
  89. 4H-SiC Homoepitaxial Growth on Substrates with Different Off-Cut Directions
  90. Numerical study of the influence of different types of magnetic fields on the interface shape in directional solidification of multi-crystalline silicon ingots
  91. Threading dislocations in n- and p-type 4H–SiC material analyzed by etching and synchrotron X-ray topography
  92. Selective etching of dislocations in GaN grown by low-pressure solution growth
  93. Interactions of Dislocations during Epitaxial Growth of SiC and GaN
  94. About the formation and avoidance of C and N related precipitates during directional solidification of multi-crystalline silicon from contaminated feedstock
  95. Dislocation Conversion and Propagation during Homoepitaxial Growth of 4H-SiC
  96. The influence of growth rate on the formation and avoidance of C and N related precipitates during directional solidification of multi crystalline silicon
  97. Modeling of incorporation of O, N, C and formation of related precipitates during directional solidification of silicon under consideration of variable processing parameters
  98. Low Pressure Solution Growth of Gallium Nitride
  99. Optimization and Modeling of Photovoltaic Silicon Crystallization Processes
  100. Influence of Growth Rate and C/Si-Ratio on the Formation of Point and Extended Defects in 4H-SiC Homoepitaxial Layers Investigated by DLTS
  101. Influence of forced convection on the directional solidification of AlSi alloys: comparison of experiments and simulation
  102. On the influence of solution density on the formation of macroscopic defects in the liquid phase epitaxy of GaN
  103. Numerical study on the prediction of microstructure parameters by multi-scale modeling of directional solidification of binary aluminum–silicon alloys
  104. Influence of Substrate Preparation and Epitaxial Growth Parameters on the Dislocation Densities in 4H-SiC Epitaxial Layers
  105. Reduction of the dislocation density in GaN during low-pressure solution growth
  106. Crystal growth of compound semiconductors with low dislocation densities
  107. The importance of convective heat and mass transfer for controlling material properties in ingot casting of multi-crystalline-silicon for photovoltaic applications
  108. Low-pressure solution growth (LPSG) of GaN templates with diameters up to 3 inch
  109. Yield Improvement and Defect Control in Bridgman‐Type Crystal Growth with the Aid of Thermal Modeling
  110. Simulation of dislocation density: Global modeling of bulk crystal growth by a quasi-steady approach of the Alexander–Haasen concept
  111. Vapor phase growth of GaN using GaN powder sources and thermogravimetric investigations of the evaporating behaviour of the source material
  112. Study on the kinetics of the formation reaction of GaN from Ga-solutions under ammonia atmosphere
  113. Study on the sublimation growth of GaN using different powder sources and investigation on the sublimation behaviour of GaN powder by means of thermogravimetry
  114. 3D time-dependent numerical study of the influence of the melt flow on the interface shape in a silicon ingot casting process
  115. A new hybrid method for the global modeling of convection in CZ crystal growth configurations
  116. Influence of different types of magnetic fields on the interface shape in a 200mm Si-EMCZ configuration
  117. Considerations on facetting and on the atomic structure of the phase boundary in low-pressure solution growth of GaN
  118. Large modification of crystal–melt interface shape during Si crystal growth by using electromagnetic Czochralski method (EMCZ)
  119. Morphologies of GaN single crystals grown from Ga solutions under flowing ammonia
  120. Simulation of ESA's msl Furnace Inserts and Sample-Cartridge Assemblies Using the Thermal Modeling Tool Crysvun
  121. Characterisation of the electrical properties of solution-grown GaN crystals by reflectivity and Hall measurements
  122. Simulation of ESA’s MSL Furnace Inserts and Sample-Cartridge Assemblies: Model Development and Correlation with Experimental Data
  123. Characterisation of GaN crystals and epilayers grown from a solution at room pressure
  124. Modeling of industrial bulk crystal growth—state of the art and challenges
  125. Growth and characterization of 2" and 4" low EPD InP substrate crystals by the vertical gradient freeze (VGF)-method
  126. Study of the oxygen incorporation during growth of large CaF2-crystals
  127. A matrix based correction scheme of the liquid fraction during columnar solidification
  128. Challenges in modeling of bulk crystal growth
  129. Comparative numerical study of the effects of rotating and travelling magnetic fields on the interface shape and thermal stress in the VGF growth of InP crystals
  130. Three-dimensional modeling of melt flow and interface shape in the industrial liquid-encapsulated Czochralski growth of GaAs
  131. Numerical study on directional solidification of AlSi alloys with rotating magnetic fields under microgravity conditions
  132. Numerical study of the effects of rotating magnetic fields during VGF growth of 3'' GaAs crystals
  133. 3D numerical simulation of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in an electrically conducting melt acted on by a travelling magnetic field
  134. Systematic study of the influence of the Czochralski hot zone design on the point defect distribution with respect to a “perfect” crystal
  135. Experimental Verification of the Numerical Model for a CaF2 Crystal Growth Process
  136. Numerical simulation of formation of grain structure and global heat transport during solidification of technical alloys in MSL inserts
  137. Comparison of the predictions from 3D numerical simulation with temperature distributions measured in Si Czochralski melts under the influence of different magnetic fields
  138. On void engulfment in shaped sapphire crystals using 3D modelling
  139. Optical cross-sections and distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in semi-insulating liquid encapsulated Czochralski grown InP:Fe