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Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect

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So far we have dealt with the bulk properties of semiconductors and tacitly assumed that the crystal is extended infinitely. We will now briefly discuss the influence of the crystal surface and interfaces between semiconductors on the transport properties of semiconductors.

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