Single-Crystal Silicon

02 Materials, Wafers & Crystal

Definition

Silicon forming one crystallographic grain rather than a collection of differently oriented grains, also called monocrystalline silicon.

Application

Used to make semiconductor wafers and crystalline device layers for integrated circuits and other silicon devices.

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