A new method to grow single crystals and simultaneously control their growth orientation without melt processing has been discovered by Texas A&M University materials science and engineering doctoral ...

Czochralski growth, also called the Czochralski method or technique, is a method for growing high-quality single crystals of various materials. It finds wide application in the semiconductor industry, ...

Mark Hettick, Hao Li, Der-Hsien Lien, Matthew Yeh, Tzu-Yi Yang, Matin Amani, Niharika Gupta, Daryl C. Chrzan, Yu-Lun Chueh, Ali Javey Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United ...

Research from the Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taiwan revealed a novel heater design in the Czochralski silicon crystal growth process that can control and decrease oxygen concentration without ...