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This is because their manufacture employs an expensive step called epitaxial growth, in which crystalline films are grown in a specific orientation on a substrate.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

They will also apply to six germanium products: germanium dioxide, germanium epitaxial growth substrate, germanium ingot, germanium metal, germanium tetrachloride and zinc germanium phosphide.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023

And then the third major production type is called epitaxial graphene.

From The Verge • Jan. 24, 2018

This observation indicates that the cylindrical crystals evolve from the 30-nm seeds by epitaxial growth, and that they are not newly nucleated crystals.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

This exposure causes an n-type region, known as the epitaxial layer, to grow on one side of the wafer.

From Time Magazine Archive