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(a) Diamond-, Zinc-Blende-, and Wurtzite-Type Crystals—The modern age of solid-state electronics is based upon materials which are neither metals nor insulators. Such materials are called semiconductors, and their electronic properties are intermediate between those of metals and insulators. Almost all the semiconductors of practical interest have the diamond, zinc-blende, or wurtzite (hexagonal) structure. In Fig. 1.1 we schematically illustrate the unit cell of these crystal structures [1]. Table 1.1 summarizes the crystal structure, space group, and lattice constant of some semiconductors considered in this book.
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Adachi, S. (1999). Materials, Properties, and Basic Formulas. In: Optical Properties of Crystalline and Amorphous Semiconductors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5241-3_1
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