Crystal Growth Processes Based on Capillarity: Czochralski, Floating Zone, Shaping and Crucible Techniques

Thierry Duffar is professor at Grenoble Polytechnic Institute (France) where he received his PhD in chemical engineering. Professor Duffar is a member of various scientific committees including the International Organization of Crystal Growth and the International Union of Crystallography and he was chair of the organizing committee for 14th International Conference on Crystal Growth in Grenoble in 2004. Professor Duffar is the (co)author of more than 100 publications in refereed scientific journals. His current research interests include the electromagnetic processing of materials, the effect of electromagnetic and gravity fields on crystal growth processes, studies on structural defect generation in materials and the means to control them and the elaboration of photovoltaic silicon.