Evolving Perspectives And Unifying Characteristics Of The IV-VI Semiconductors

11 June 1981

proceedings article
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng

p. 2-25
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965786

Abstract

This paper examines a selected group of basic properties of the 4-6 family of compound semiconductors and related materials. The goal is to show how knowledge accumulated over a thirty-year period has led to changes in the way these properties are described and interpreted, has focused increasing attention on the unifying characteristics of the 4-6 family, and has clarified the relationships of these compounds to one another, and to other, better-known groups of insulators, semiconductors, and semimetals.

Keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS
DIELECTRICS
GROUP IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS
METALLOIDS
SEMICONDUCTORS

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