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[en] The first part of this work addresses the influence of those isovalent localized states on the electronic properties of (B,Ga,In)As. Most valuable were the measurements under hydrostatic pressure that revealed a pressure induced metal-insulator transition. One of the main ideas in this context is the trapping of carriers in localized B-related cluster states that appear in the bandgap at high pressure. The key conclusion that can be drawn from the experimental results is that boron atoms seem to have the character of isovalent electron traps, rendering boron as the first known isovalent trap induced by cationic substitution. In the second part, thermoelectric properties of (B,Ga,In)As and (Ga,In)(N,As) are studied. It was found that although the electric-field driven electronic transport in n-type (Ga,In)(N,As) and (B,Ga,In)As differs considerably from that of n-type GaAs, the temperature-gradient driven electronic transport is very similar for the three semiconductors, despite distinct differences in the conduction band structure of (Ga,In)(N,As) and (B,Ga,In)As compared to GaAs. The third part addresses the influence of magnetic interactions on the transport properties near the metal-insulator transition (MIT). Here, two scenarios are considered: Firstly the focus is set on ZnMnSe:Cl, a representative of so called dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS). In this material Mn(2+) ions provide a large magnetic moment due to their half filled inner 3d-shell. It is shown that magnetic interactions in conjunction with disorder effects are responsible for the unusual magnetotransport behavior found in this and other II-Mn-VI semiconductor alloys. In the second scenario, a different magnetic compound, namely InSb:Mn, is of interest. It is a representative of the III-Mn-V DMS, where the magnetic impurity Mn serves both as the source of a large localized magnetic moment and as the source of a loosely bound hole due to its acceptor character. Up to now, little is known about the influence of magnetic donors or acceptors on the metal-insulator transition. However, as it will be shown, there exists an extremely interesting doping regime close to the metal-insulator transition where localized states of magnetic impurities can dramatically alter the transport properties. This work tries to shed some light on this topic by comparing magnetic InSb:Mn and non-magnetic InSb:Ge which reveal distinct differences in their electric resistivity near the metal-insulator transition and by presenting a model that is able to explain the unusual experimental findings. (orig.)
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2008; 113 p; Diss. (Dr.rer.nat.)
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BAND THEORY, BORON ARSENIDES, CHARGE TRANSPORT, CHLORINE ADDITIONS, DOPED MATERIALS, ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY, ELECTRIC FIELDS, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ENERGY GAP, ENERGY LEVELS, GALLIUM ARSENIDES, GALLIUM NITRIDES, INDIUM ANTIMONIDES, INDIUM ARSENIDES, INDIUM NITRIDES, MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENTS, MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS, MANGANESE ADDITIONS, MANGANESE IONS, MANGANESE SELENIDES, N-TYPE CONDUCTORS, PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS, PHONONS, PRESSURE DEPENDENCE, QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS, TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS, THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES, TRAPPING, ZINC SELENIDES
ALLOYS, AMINES, AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, ANTIMONIDES, ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS, ARSENIC COMPOUNDS, ARSENIDES, BORON COMPOUNDS, CHALCOGENIDES, CHARGED PARTICLES, DIPOLE MOMENTS, ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, GALLIUM COMPOUNDS, INDIUM COMPOUNDS, IONS, MAGNETIC MOMENTS, MANGANESE ALLOYS, MANGANESE COMPOUNDS, MATERIALS, NITRIDES, NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, PNICTIDES, QUASI PARTICLES, SELENIDES, SELENIUM COMPOUNDS, SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, ZINC COMPOUNDS
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