Boron: Volume 2: Preparation, Properties, and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Synthesis of Red, α -Rhombohedral Boron....Pages 1-7
Purity of Boron Produced by the Decomposition of Diborane and Subsequent Zone-Melting....Pages 9-20
Ultrapure Boron from Halide Intermediates....Pages 21-33
Studies on Crystallization of Pure Boron....Pages 35-43
Preparation and Characterization of Single-Crystal Boron....Pages 45-62
Carbon Determination in Hyperpure Elemental Boron Using Gas Chromatography....Pages 63-79
The Beta-Rhombohedral Boron Structure....Pages 81-87
Tetragonal Boron and Borides with Similar Structures....Pages 89-95
Boron — Another Form....Pages 97-100
Some Results of the Band Structure Calculation of Rhombohedral Boron by the K·p-Method....Pages 101-106
Conductivity, Hall Effect, Optical Absorption, and Band Gap of Very Pure Boron....Pages 107-118
Thermal and Optical Band Gaps of Monocrystalline Beta-Rhombohedral Boron....Pages 119-131
The Optical and Electrical Constants of Beta-Rhombohedral Boron....Pages 133-141
Semiconductor Properties of Boron....Pages 143-167
Trap-Dominated Electrical and Optical Effects in Crystalline Boron....Pages 169-201
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Electrical Conductivity, and Impurity Diffusion in Doped Boron....Pages 203-214
Magnetoresistance in Elemental Boron....Pages 215-223
Recombination Radiation of Boron....Pages 225-229
On the Birefringence of Simple Rhombohedral Boron....Pages 231-234
Vacuum-Deposited Amorphous Boron Films....Pages 235-260
Low-Temperature Thermal Conductivity of Boron....Pages 261-267
Mechanical and Micromechanical Behavior of Bulk Polycrystalline Boron....Pages 269-282
The Effect of Chemical Polishing on the Strength and Fracture Characteristics of Amorphous Boron Filaments....Pages 283-300
Boron Semiconductor Devices....Pages 301-316
B 10 /B 11 Thermistor Pairs and Their Application....Pages 317-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-345