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Although we know that how devices work rather than how they are made, it is instructive to have an overview...

In figure The simple cubic structure (abbreviated sc) has an atom located at each corner of the unit cell. The...

In this section we discuss the arrangements of atoms in various solids. We shall distinguish between single crystals and other...

Semiconductors are a group of materials having electrical conductivity intermediate between metals and insulators. It is significant that the conductivity...