liquid-phase epitaxy
crystallography
Also known as: LPE
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crystal growth
- In crystal: Growth from the melt
Liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) uses the solution method to grow crystals on a substrate. The substrate is placed in a solution with a saturated concentration of solute. This technique is used to grow many crystals employed in modern electronics and optoelectronic devices, such as gallium arsenide,…
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epitaxy
- In epitaxy
In liquid phase epitaxy layers grow from a liquid source (such as silicon doped with small amounts of another element) at a liquid-solid interface. In solid phase epitaxy a thin amorphous (noncrystalline) film layer is first deposited on a crystalline substrate, which is then heated to…
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