The aim of this book is to provide a timely collection that highlights advances in current research of crystal growth ranging from fundamental aspects to curren

There is no question that the field of solid state electronics, which essentially began with work at Bell laboratories just after World War II, has had a profou

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This volume offers an overview of the growth of shaped crystals (oxides, fluorides, etc.) by the micro-pulling-down technique. Both melt and solution (flux) gro

Crystal growth is the key step of a great number of very important applications. The development of new devices and products, from the traditional microelectron