Small Grants for Exploratory Research: Feasibility and Design of a Novel Sheet Growth Method for Single-Crystal Growth.

小行星9315980 在探索性研究小额赠款的资助下，将对生长单晶片的过程进行数值模拟。有限元方法将被应用到一个辐射熔化的流体区，所包含的表面张力，其中多晶片随后被改造为单晶。要检查的项目是熔体-晶体界面的形状、弯月面形状、总传热和总工艺稳定性。 直接以片形式生长单晶半导体材料的能力将允许显著提高半导体晶片生产的工艺效率。 ***

9315980 Derby Funded with a Small Grant for Exploratory Research, numerical simulations are to be carried out of a process for growing single crystal sheets. Finite element methods will be applied to a radiatively melted fluid zone, contained by surface tension, in which a polycrystalline sheet is subsequently reformed as a single crystal. Items to be examined are the shape of the melt- crystal interface, the meniscus shape, the overall heat transfer, and the overall process stability. The ability to grow single crystal semiconductor materials directly in sheet form would permit drastic improvement in process efficiency for the production of semiconductor wafers. ***