TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vignes,Alain
TI  - Silicon, From Sand to Chips 2: Microelectronic Chips, Solar Cells, MEMS
SN  - 9781394297641
PY  - 2024///
PB  - Wiley
KW  - General & Introductory Materials Science
KW  - Materials Processing
KW  - Properties of Materials
KW  - silicon; digital revolution; solar energy; digital photography; astronomy; medical imaging; microelectromechanical systems; germanium
N2  - Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart objects. The discovery of the electronic and optoelectronic properties of germanium and silicon during the Second World War, followed by the invention of the transistor, ushered in the digital age. Although the first transistors were made from germanium, silicon eventually became the preferred material for these technologies. Silicon, From Sand to Chips 2 traces the history of the discoveries, inventions and developments in basic components and chips that these two materials enabled one after the other. The book is divided into two volumes and this second volume is devoted to microelectronic and optoelectronic chips, solar cells and MEMS
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