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← ScienceWhich consequence results when substitutional impurity doping modifies silicon crystal structure?
A)Changes in phonon dispersion relation✓
B)Reduced frequency from lattice oscillations
C)Increased Debye temperature transition speed
D)Suppressed Auger recombination current flow
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The introduction of substitutional impurities changes the unit cell leading to changes in the crystal lattice and lattice vibrations. Impurity scattering disrupts the periodic potential; altering the Phonon dispersion relation because translational symmetry is broken, therefore affecting thermal and electrical conductivity, rather than intrinsic frequency shifts or recombination suppression.
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