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The Long-Reaching Influence of Arthur von Hippel: Interdisciplinarity and Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2011

Alan B. Fowler
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Abstract

While Arthur von Hippel did not work directly in semiconductors, his interdisciplinary style introduced a way of doing science in universities that was applied to semiconductors and now is applicable to nanotechnology as well as many other technologically important areas. This article covers the major developments and players in semiconductors from their early discovery and understanding, in the context of von Hippel's seminal development of the interdisciplinary approach to research and its impact on the field.

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Arthur von Hippelsemiconductors
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 30 , Issue 11: Arthur R. von Hippel, In Memoriam (1898–2003): A Tribute to the Interdisciplinary Materials Research He Spawned , November 2005 , pp. 854 - 857
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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