Statistical thermodynamics of semiconductor alloys / Vyacheslav A Elyukhin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elyukhin, Vyacheslav A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiconductors--Mathematical models.

Semiconductors.

Alloys--Thermal properties--Mathematical models.

Alloys.

Statistical mechanics.

Statistical thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2016.

Summary:

Statistical Thermodynamics of Semiconductor Alloys is the consideration of thermodynamic properties and characteristics of crystalline semiconductor alloys by the methods of statistical thermodynamics. The topics presented in this book make it possible to solve such problems as calculation of a miscibility gap, a spinodal decomposition range, a short-range order, deformations of crystal structure, and description of the order-disorder transitions. Semiconductor alloys, including doped elemental semiconductors are the basic materials of solid-state electronics. Their structural stability and other characteristics are key to determining the reliability and lifetime of devices, making the investigation of stability conditions an important part of semiconductor physics, materials science, and engineering. This book is a guide to predicting and studying the thermodynamic properties and characteristics of the basic materials of solid-state electronics.

Contents:

Front Cover; Statistical Thermodynamics of Semiconductor Alloys; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; References; 1 - Semiconductor Materials; 1.1 ELEMENTAL SEMICONDUCTORS; 1.2 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS WITH ZINC BLENDE STRUCTURE; 1.3 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS WITH WURTZITE STRUCTURE; 1.4 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS WITH ROCK SALT STRUCTURE; 1.5 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS WITH CHALCOPYRITE STRUCTURE; 1.6 ALLOYS OF ELEMENTAL SEMICONDUCTORS; 1.7 TERNARY ALLOYS OF BINARY COMPOUNDS; 1.8 QUATERNARY ALLOYS OF THREE BINARY COMPOUNDS; 1.9 QUATERNARY ALLOYS OF FOUR BINARY COMPOUNDS

1.10 QUATERNARY ALLOYS OF TERNARY COMPOUNDSReferences; 2 - Elements of Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics; 2.1 CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS; 2.1.1 Mathematical Formalism of Thermodynamics; 2.1.2 Thermodynamic Systems; 2.1.3 Phase; 2.1.4 Thermodynamic Variables; 2.1.5 Thermodynamic Potential; 2.1.6 Fluctuations; 2.1.7 Thermodynamic Stability; 2.2 MATHEMATICAL FORMALISM OF THERMODYNAMICS; 2.3 CONCEPTS AND BASIC POSTULATE OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS; 2.3.1 Phase Point and Phase Space; 2.3.2 Statistical Equilibrium; 2.3.3 Ensemble; 2.3.4 Partition Function

2.3.5 Basic Postulate of Equilibrium Statistical Physics2.4 MICROCANONICAL ENSEMBLE; 2.5 CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; 2.6 ISOTHERMAL-ISOBARIC ENSEMBLE; 2.7 GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; 2.8 MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS; 2.8.1 Additivity of the Configurational Entropy; 2.8.2 Relative Fluctuation of the Internal Energy in the Crystalline Alloy; 2.8.3 Additivity of the Internal Energy; 2.9 FREE ENERGIES OF CONDENSED MATTER; 2.10 EQUIVALENCE OF ENSEMBLES; 2.10.1 The Equivalence of the Canonical and Microcanonical Ensembles; 2.10.2 Equivalence of the Canonical and Isothermal-Isobaric Ensembles

2.11 SEPARATION OF DEGREES OF FREEDOMReferences; 3 - Regular Solutions; 3.1 REGULAR SOLUTION MODEL; 3.2 MOLECULAR REGULAR SOLUTIONS OF BINARY COMPOUNDS; 3.2.1 Ternary Alloys; 3.2.2 Quaternary Alloys; References; 4 - Cluster Variation Method; 4.1 BAKER'S APPROACH; 4.2 ONE-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR BINARY REGULAR SOLUTIONS; 4.2.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Chemical Potentials; 4.2.2 Miscibility Gap; 4.2.3 Spinodal Decomposition Range; 4.3 ONE-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR TERNARY REGULAR SOLUTIONS; 4.3.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Chemical Potentials; 4.3.2 Miscibility Gap

4.3.3 Spinodal Decomposition Range4.4 TWO-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR BINARY REGULAR SOLUTIONS; 4.4.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Short-Range Order; 4.4.2 Miscibility Gap; 4.5 TWO-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR TERNARY REGULAR SOLUTIONS; 4.5.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Short-Range Order; 4.5.2 Miscibility Gap; 4.6 THREE-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR BINARY REGULAR SOLUTION WITH TRIANGULAR LATTICE; 4.6.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Short-Range Order; 4.6.2 Miscibility Gap; 4.7 FOUR-POINT APPROXIMATION FOR BINARY REGULAR SOLUTION WITH SIMPLE SQUARE LATTICE; 4.7.1 Helmholtz Free Energy and Short-Range Order

4.7.2 Miscibility Gap

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128039939

0128039930