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epitaxy
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ep·i·tax·y  (p-tks)
n. pl. ep·i·tax·ies
The growth of the crystals of one mineral on the crystal face of another mineral, such that the crystalline substrates of both minerals have the same structural orientation.
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Noun1.epitaxy - growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate
growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state


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The new process technology enables the production of four-inch epitaxial wafers with high quality, which is not possible with the conventional MOCVD process.
Participants in the round-robin include laser manufacturers, epitaxial film suppliers, and measurement instrumentation manufacturers.
The new material-saving technique called epitaxial liftoff may solve these problems, say researchers at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), in Red Bank, N.
 
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