Experimental Bond Energies in Tetrahedrally Coordinated Semiconductors

这笔赠款是为了更新一项高生产力的研究 项目在马奎特大学（DMR-8701160），这导致 一些科学论文和研究生在该领域的 化合物半导体材料的热力学性质。 在 此外，本科生也参与了这项研究 从而吸引有前途的学生毕业于 科学和工程研究与教学。 研究 在此期间，强调实验测定， 取代受体，锌和 镉、锗、硅和碲化汞。 的 固溶体中锌和镉的分压 含硅或锗的受体掺杂剂正在 由气相的吸光度测定，使用 空心阴极灯 化学势和偏摩尔 焓和熵由数据确定。 同样 同样的热力学参数被确定为汞 和碲锌镉。 除了研究， 该计划对基础设施产生重大影响， 培养研究生和本科生 在这个关键的科学。

This grant is for the renewal of a highly productive research program at Marquette University (DMR-8701160), which resulted in several scientific papers and graduate students in the area of thermodynamic properties of compound semiconductor materials. In addition, undergraduate students were involved with the research thereby attracting promising students to graduate careers in science and engineering research and teaching. The research during this grant period emphasizes experimental determination of chemical bond energies of the substitutional acceptors, zinc and cadmium, in germanium, silicon, and mercury-telluride. The partial pressure of zinc and cadmium over solid solutions in silicon or germanium-containing acceptor dopants is being determined from the optical absorbance of the vapor phase using hollow cathode lamps. The chemical potential and partial molar enthalpy and entropy are determined from the data. Likewise the same thermodynamic parameters are being determined for mercury and cadmium zinc telluride. In addition to the research, the program has a significant impact on the infrastructure by training students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in this critical science.