Investigation of the correlation of electronic and dynamic dislocation properties in ZnO Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technischen Fakultät (Mathemtlicher Bereich) der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg von Serhiy Vasnyov geb. am 11. April 1974 in Kyiv, Ukraine Gutachter: 1. PD Dr. habil. H.S. Leipner 2. Prof. Dr. G. Dräger 3. Prof. Dr. J. Christen Halle (Saale), 26. Oktober 2004 urn:nbn:de:gbv:3-000007406[http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=nbn%3Ade%3Agbv%3A3-000007406] Contents 1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1 2 Crystallography of AB compound semiconductors ...........................................................................5 2.1 Zincblende and wurtzite lattice structures...............................................................................................5 3 Dislocations in zincblende and wurtzite lattices.................................................................................9 3.1 Perfect dislocations in wurtzite lattice ..................................................................................................10 3.2 Slip systems in wurtzite lattice.......................................................................................