epitaxy

American  

[ep-i-tak-see] / ˈɛp ɪˌtæk si /

noun

Crystallography.

plural

epitaxies

1. epitaxis.

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epitaxy British  

/ ˌɛpɪˈtæksɪəl, ˈɛpɪˌtæksɪ /

noun

1. the growth of a thin layer on the surface of a crystal so that the layer has the same structure as the underlying crystal

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Other Word Forms

• epitaxial adjective

Example Sentences

"Using epitaxy -- growing thin crystal layers -- means we can finally achieve the structural precision needed to understand and control how superconductivity emerges in these materials."

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

"Rather than ion implantation, molecular beam epitaxy was used to precisely incorporate gallium atoms into the germanium's crystal lattice," says Julian Steele, a physicist at the University of Queensland and a co-author of the study.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

To date, epitaxy research has focused on growing one layer of material onto another, and the two materials have the same crystal orientation at the interface.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

IQE, established in the 1980s, produces a type of epitaxy wafer in Newport which is a vital component of compound semiconductors.

From BBC • May 26, 2022

Another researcher, Alfred Cho, uses a process called molecular-beam epitaxy to tailor-make new semiconducting and optical materials by spraying wafers with thin layers of atoms or molecules.

From Time Magazine Archive