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Cover Picture: phys. stat. sol. (b) 245/6
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200890008
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , polar , characterization (materials science) , feature (linguistics) , field (mathematics) , computer science , engineering physics , telecommunications , engineering , physics , optics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , astronomy , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
The cover picture is taken from the Feature Article by Tanya Paskova (pp. 1011–1025). This article reviews major developments in crystal growth and characterization. Recent progress in the understanding of new physical properties of these materials has led to significant improvement of device performance and to novel device concepts. The present status of this field and devices with non‐polar and semi‐polar surfaces are discussed and an outlook of the future trends is presented.