Festkörperprobleme 18 [electronic resource] : Plenary Lectures of the Divisions “Semiconductor Physics” “Metal Physics” “Low Temperature Physics” “Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics” “Crystallography” “Magnetism” of the German Physical Society Freudenstadt, March 6–10, 1978 / herausgegeben von J. Treusch.

Poly-crystalline silicon with columnar structure -- Solar cells based on nonsingle crystalline silicon -- Solar energy conversion by plant photosynthesis -- New approaches to energy conversion by alternative working fluids -- Lithium nitride, Li3N, an unusual ionic conductor -- Surface analysis: Aspects of atomic beam scattering, secondary ion mass spectroscopy and vibrational spectroscopies -- Diffraction in surfaces and interfaces -- The electronic structure of semiconductor surfaces -- to surface exciton polaritons -- Resonant Brillouin scattering in semiconductors -- Forced light scattering at laser-induced gratings—A method for investigation of optically excited solids -- Light emitting diodes for the visible spectrum.