Crystal growth and process informatics:

From theoretical analysis to computational prediction

Abstract

  This tutorial provides an overview of the research trends to date in the field of crystal growth theory of semiconductors. Furthermore, a future outlook is discussed based on the research trends to date. In the research field, the major trend to date was to analyze and understand the experimental results and phenomena theoretically. As a number of physical models have already been developed in the research field, it is expected that these models will be used to construct “digital twins” of chemical reaction system and apply them to “process informatics” to predict optimum growth condition of new materials.