Thin films of amorphous, nano- or microcrystalline silicon, and related alloys are currently the materials of choice for many large-area electronic applications, such as active matrix displays, imagers, and solar panels. The goal of this symposium is to provide interested scientists and engineers with a forum to discuss both the deposition and properties of thin films, and the design, fabrication, and analyses of devices. Materials of interest include nano-, micro-, and polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, and alloys of Si with Ge, C, and other elements. Current challenges include understanding film-growth processes; producing high-quality films at high growth rates or low temperatures; applying in-situ characterization techniques for monitoring the growth process; applying post-deposition processing, such as thermal or laser annealing; identifying fundamental issues in electronic structure and transport; understanding metastable effects; and designing, fabricating, and testing of improved devices.
Session Topics
Session topics include:
Devices
- Solar cells and modules
- Thin film transistors
- Sensors and imaging arrays
- Novel devices
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Thin-Film Deposition
- High-deposition rates
- Low-temperature growth
- Micro- and nanocrystalline films
- Thermal and laser crystallization
- Mechanisms and characterization
- Gas phase and plasma chemistry
- Surface reactions
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Thin-Film Characterization
- Electronic structure
- Carrier transport
- Optical properties
- Amorphous and crystalline structures
- Roles of hydrogen
- Metastabilities and defects
- Theory and modeling
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Invited Speakers
| Speakers will be invited to cover timely subjects. |
Special Sessions
Sessions are planned to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the First Definition of the "Photon" by Albert Einstein. In keeping with the designation of 2005 by many physical societies around the world as the "World Year of Physics 2005," the symposium will have focused sessions on:
- Pioneers in the Use of Photons to Probe Semiconductors
- Real-Time Optics for In-Situ Monitoring of Growth
- Photonic Detectors and Sensors (Organized by R. Weisfield, dpiX)
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Tutorial Session
| A tutorial complementing this symposium is tentatively planned. Further information will be included in the program that will be available in January. (Find out more about the 2005 MRS Spring Meeting Tutorial Program.) |
Symposium Organizers
Rana Biswas
Iowa State University
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Microelectronics Research Center
and Ames Laboratory
Ames, IA 50011
Tel: 515-294-6987
Fax: 515-294-0689
biswasr@iastate.edu |
Reinhard Carius
Forschungszentrum Juelich
IPV
Leo-Brandt Str.
52425 Juelich
Germany
Tel: 49-2461-614508
Fax: 49-2461-618203 r.carius@fz-juelich.de |
Robert Collins
University of Toledo
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Toledo, OH 43606
Tel: 419-530-2195
Fax: 419-530-2723, rcollins@physics.utoledo.edu |
Michio Kondo
National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Central-2
Research Initiative for Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
1-1-1 Umezono
Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305-8568
Japan
Tel: 81-298-61-5440
Fax: 81-298-61-3363, michio.kondo@aist.go.jp |
P. Craig Taylor
University of Utah
Dept. of Physics
115 S. 1400 E.
Rm. 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0830
Tel: 801-581-8751
Fax: 801-581-4246, craig@physics.utah.edu |
Administrative Contact
Mary Ann Woolf
University of Utah
Dept. of Physics
115 S. 1400 E.
Rm. 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0830
Tel: 801-581-4246
Fax: 801-581-4246, woolf@physics.utah.edu |
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