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Surprising movements in solids

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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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Figure 1: One of the largest available single crystals of silicon, presentedat an exhibition of the German Physical Society.

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