Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hybrid vapour phase epitaxy


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The result was redirect to Hydride vapour phase epitaxy. Any subsequent mergers/redirects are an editorial decision.  Sandstein  15:13, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Hybrid vapour phase epitaxy

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I've declined the PROD on this as there's a comment on the talk page that I'm going to say is a challenge.

The original PROD rationale was: "A chemistry stub long tagged for notability that almost sounds like a dictionary term"

I've no comment on the article's notability. Ged UK  12:30, 23 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - from internet search it seems "vapour phase epitaxy" is something real. See also Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy. I fail to see how the article at hand meets any notability requirement. The article does not really describe what its subject is, either (you would not have a stub at elephant stating elephants are hunted for their meat without some definition first, like elephants are mammals from Africa and Asia); but I think it evades WP:A1. Tigraan (talk) 13:55, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:10, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:10, 23 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect. This appears to be the same thing as hydride vapour phase epitaxy, with the term "hybrid" occasionally appearing as what looks like a backronym. Searching for the more common term, or just HVPE, makes clear that this is a widely used process. Opabinia regalis (talk) 22:15, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I would agree if I was convinced that last article (hydride vapour phase epitaxy) was worth keeping. Seems to me it is worth a mention on the Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy page, at best. Tigraan (talk) 13:01, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
 * MOVPE and HVPE are not the same thing. This is waaaaaay out of my field, but I'm convinced on checking the usage of these terms that "hybrid" and "hydride" refer to an identical process. It's not clear what it's a hybrid of because it isn't; that's just a common (mis)analysis of the acronym HVPE. Along the lines of whether HPLC is "pressure" or "performance". Opabinia regalis (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Comment/Merge Searches of scientific literature show that it's definitely a distinct technique, although what it's a hybrid of isn't made very clear. This is one of those pages that would need someone very familiar with the science to make any quality improvements. If such a person cannot be found I would suggest that it be merged into ether Chemical vapor deposition (where it is already mentioned) or possible Epitaxy. --Project Osprey (talk) 09:55, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to hydride vapour phase epitaxy, to which it is an apparent synonym. Hydride vapour phase epitaxy gets over a thousand GScholar hits and the "hybrid" variant gets 36. Both are used to grow gallium nitride layers using HCl at high temps with nitrogen or ammonia carrier gases; they look like the same process to me. The hybrid variant is in the literature, however, and is a plausible search term, so a redirect is warranted. --Mark viking (talk) 00:59, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge into epitaxy. The author of this article actually meant to write hydride vapor phase epitaxy, which also ought to be merged into epitaxy. --Sammy1339 (talk) 22:18, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
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