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Semiconductor Substrates – Czochralski Growth

Here is a very helpful video I found on Czochralski Growth. Some concepts that come up include nucleation, meniscus, segregation coefficients, and Lorentz force.

Dislocation loops can form if the pull rate is too low. Here is a discussion about dislocation loops.

Czochralski growth also turns out to be an interesting area for numerical modeling. I stumbled into some interesting papers when searching for more information about pulling rates. The paper that exposed me to this area is Numerical modeling of Czochralski silicon crystal growth and has various interesting citations as well.