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Fundamental Properties of III-Nitride Surfaces

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The control of growth conditions is one of the important factors for fabricating high-quality crystals and would be achieved through the understanding of surface reconstructions. It is well known that reconstructed structures appear on the growth front (surfaces) of semiconductor materials, so that investigations for the reconstructions on III-nitride surfaces are necessary from theoretical viewpoints taking growth conditions into account.

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Akiyama, T. (2018). Fundamental Properties of III-Nitride Surfaces. In: Matsuoka, T., Kangawa, Y. (eds) Epitaxial Growth of III-Nitride Compounds. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76641-6_4

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