Abstract: | The influence of plastic deformation on temperature dependence of carrier concentration n and mobility μ in PbS crystals has been studied. Comparison of the results obtained with selective etching patterns from original and deformed crystals makes it possible to conclude that during the plastic deformation there takes place a dissolution of precipitates by passing of dislocations through them. As a results, rows of point defects appear along the path of dislocation movement which may be the cause of a change in n and μ due to deformation. A change in the electron scattering mechanism below 110 K has been discovered. |