Materials Research for Group IV Semiconductors: Growth, Characterization and Technological Developments

Growth, processing and characterization of group IV materials for thermoelectric applications

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Group IV Materials for Low Cost and High Performance Bolometers

Technological developments in lipidomics.

Lipid analysis is a well-established field of research that focuses on one lipid or a few lipids. The recent developments in mass spectrometry technologies have enabled more comprehensive studies to be performed on lipids present in a sample. The move towards extensive lipid research has led to the coining of the term lipidomics, which is defined as the ensemble of lipids present in a sample. I...

Progress towards Spin-Based Light Emission in Group IV Semiconductors

Spin-optoelectronics is an emerging technology in which novel and advanced functionalities are enabled by the synergetic integration of magnetic, optical and electronic properties onto semiconductor-based devices. This article reviews the possible implementation and convergence of spintronics and photonics concepts on group IV semiconductors: the core materials of mainstream microelectronics. I...

Theory of melting in the group-IV semiconductors

We have calculated the melting curves of germanium and silicon. A model of the group-IV semiconductors was used for which the solid consists of interacting systems of ions, conduction electrons, and covalent bond charges, The liquid state of these elements is metallic, and the model used to describe it consists of interacting systems of ions and conduction electrons. Variational calculations we...