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Impurities — the “Scarlet Pimpernel” of materials science “They seek them here, they seek them there, those puritan seek them everywhere”

✍ Scribed by Roderick Barnes


Book ID
103986519
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
824 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
0961-1290

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Impurities

the "Scarlet Pimpernel" of Materials Science "They seek them here, they seek them there, those puritans seek them everywhere" by Roderick Barnes

It is self-evident that materials play a key role in semiconductor technology but often it is impurities, their presence or absence, which are the determining factor. Materials purity and device technology are continually playing catch-up. Eventually, technology reaches a point where it needs even better materials to realise its full capability. So it goes on, with advances being limited by the status of materials and technology in turn.