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Basic Properties of the Silicon Lattice

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Atoms in crystalline silicon are arranged into a repeating three-dimensional pattern – a crystal. The crystallographic unit cell of the crystal structure of silicon is shown in Fig. 4.1.

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Sverdlov, V. (2011). Basic Properties of the Silicon Lattice. In: Strain-Induced Effects in Advanced MOSFETs. Computational Microelectronics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0382-1_4

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