A process as simple as diffusion should be easy to understand. Butour knowledge of the movements of atoms in semiconductors is still far fromcomplete.
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Gösele, U. Surprising movements in solids. Nature 408, 38–39 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35040672
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