Tudor Jenkins 2005 Phys. Educ. 40 430 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/40/5/002
Tudor Jenkins
Show affiliationsThe development of studies in semiconductor materials is traced from its beginnings with Michael Faraday in 1833 to the production of the first silicon transistor in 1954, which heralded the age of silicon electronics and microelectronics. Prior to the advent of band theory, work was patchy and driven by needs of technology. However, the arrival of this successful quantum theory of solids, together with a concentration on the growth of pure silicon and germanium and an understanding of their properties, saw an explosion in activity in semiconductor studies that has continued to this day.
Issue 5 (September 2005)
Received 21 February 2005
Tudor Jenkins 2005 Phys. Educ. 40 430
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