Defects and Diffusion in Semiconductors XIV

This 14th volume in the series covers the latest results in the field of Defects and Diffusion in Semiconductor. The issue also includes some original papers: An Experimental Study of the Thermal Properties of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel; Physico-Mechanical Properties of Sintered Iron-Silica Sand Nanoparticle Composites: A Preliminary Study; Defect and Dislocation Density Parameters of 5251 Al Alloy Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Technique; A Novel Computational Strategy to Enhance the Ability of Elaborate Search by Entire Swarm to Find the Best Solution in Optimization of AMCs; Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanoceramic Magnesium Ferrite Material Doped with Samarium and Dysprosium for Designing - Microstrip Patch Antenna; ZnO Varistor Defective Gd and Pr Ions; Injecting CO2 and Pumping Out Saline Formation Water Simultaneously to Control Pressure Build-Up while Storing CO2 in Deep Saline Aquifers; Studying the Effect of Low a-Radiation Doses on CR-39 Polymers Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime and Mechanical Properties.All but 85 pages are devoted to 330 abstracts arranged by the material used in the semiconductor, ranging from the simple elements germanium and silicon to such behemoths as Cu2ZnSnSe4, and then by secondary factors such as diffusion or point defects. Introducing these are eight original articles on metals, theory and simulation, ceramics, carbon dioxide sequestration,and irradiating polymers. Among those topics are physico-mechanicalproperties of sintered iron-silica sand nanoparticle composites,synthesizing and characterizing novel nano ceramic magnesium ferritematerial doped with samarium and dysprosium for designing a microstrip patchantenna, and injecting carbon dioxide and pumping out saline formation watersimultaneously to control pressure build-up while storing carbon in deep saline aquifers.