This volume discusses the structural, chemical, and electronic properties of grain boundaries, dislocations, and hetero-interfaces in polycrystalline semiconductors. Researchers and students in this field will find here much valuable information relevant to both fundamental research and technological applications.

Inhalt
I Dislocations: Structure.- II Dislocations: Optical and Electronic Properties.- III Beam Induced Characterization.- IV Grain Boundaries: Theory.- V Grain Boundaries in Silicon: Structure, Chemistry and Transport.- VI Gettering and Hydrogen Passivation in Silicon.- VII Polycrystalline Material for Microelectronic Devices.- VIII Silicon Crystallization.- IX Non-silicon Polycrystalline Materials.- X New Solar Cell Materials.- XI Heterointerfaces: Structure.- XII Heterointerfaces: Devices.- Index of Contributors.- Materials Index.