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Based on their electrical properties, solids can be classified as conductors, insulators, or semiconductors. Amorphous solids have little or no regular geometric arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore cannot be easily studied. Crystalline solids have a perfect periodic arrangement of atoms, which allows them to be easily analyzed. Polycrystalline solids have atomic arrangements between these two extremes. Semiconductor materials are nearly perfect crystalline solids with a small amount of imperfections, such as impurity atoms, lattice vacancies, or dislocations, which can be intentionally introduced to alter their electrical characteristics[305].
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Palankovski, V., Quay, R. (2004). State-of-the-Art of Materials, Device Modeling, and RF Devices. In: Analysis and Simulation of Heterostructure Devices. Computational Microelectronics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0560-3_2
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