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Walter Houser Brattain's Degrees

Bachelors Physics Whitman College

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According to Wikipedia, Walter Houser Brattain was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention. Brattain devoted much of his life to research on surface states.

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Walter Houser Brattain's Published Works

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The transistor, a semi-conductor triode (1948) (751)
Physical Theory of Semiconductor Surfaces (1955) (443)
Surface properties of germanium (1953) (421)
Experiments on the interface between germanium and an electrolyte (1955) (257)
Hydrogen storage. (1974) (155)
The Copper Oxide Rectifier (1951) (94)
Investigation of Oxidation of Copper by Use of Radioactive Cu Tracer (1946) (88)
History of Semiconductor Research (1955) (70)
The Optical Constants of Germanium in the Infra-Red and Visible (1949) (69)
The Interface between Germanium and a Purified Neutral Electrolyte (1962) (68)
Some Experiments on, and a Theory of, Surface Breakdown (1956) (66)
Thermionic and Adsorption Characteristics of Thorium on Tungsten (1933) (63)
Effect of Cupric Ion on the Electrical Properties of the Germanium‐Aqueous Electrolyte Interface (1962) (56)
Electron Spin Resonance in a Silicon Semiconductor (1953) (52)
Surface Properties of Semiconductors. (1957) (51)
Nature Of The Forward Current In Germanium Point Contacts (1948) (50)
ELECTROCHEMICAL PRECIPITATION OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS AND ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO INTRAVASCULAR THROMBOSIS. (1964) (48)
Combined measurements of field effect, surface photo-voltage and photoconductivity (1956) (34)
The Distribution of Potential at the Germanium Aqueous Electrolyte Interface (1963) (28)
CHANGES IN CONDUCTIVITY OF GERMANIUM INDUCED BY ALPHA-PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT (1950) (24)
ELECTROCHEMICAL PRECIPITATION OF BLOOD CELLS ON METAL ELECTRODES: AN AID IN THE SELECTION OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES? (1965) (23)
The Thermionic Work Function and the Slope and Intercept of Richardson Plots (1934) (19)
Long-term patency of solid-wall vascular prostheses. (1965) (18)
Genesis of the Transistor (1968) (18)
Distribution and cross-sections of fast states on germanium surfaces (1956) (17)
Density of Surface States on Silicon Deduced from Contact Potential Measurements (1947) (17)
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ANODICALLY ETCHED GERMANIUM SURFACE (1963) (15)
Investigations of Surface Recombination Velocities on Germanium by the Photoelectromagnetic Method (1955) (14)
Evidence for Surface States on Semiconductors from Change in Contact Potential on Illumination (1947) (13)
Ion-diffusion potentials and electrical rectification across lipid membranes activated by excitation-induced material. (1972) (11)
Interaction of iodide ion with germanium electrodes (1966) (10)
The surface conductance of germanium in aqueous electrolytes (1965) (9)
Efficiency of Excitation by Electron Impact and Anomalous Scattering in Mercury Vapor. (1929) (6)
THE DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIAL ACROSS THE LOW-INDEX CRYSTAL PLANES OF GERMANIUM CONTACTING AN AQUEOUS. (1962) (6)
Self-Powered Semiconductor Amplifier (1954) (3)
Design of a Portable Temperature-Controlled Piezo Oscillator (1930) (3)
1956 Nobel Prize in Physics (1957) (2)
Residual Surface Recombination on Germanium Anodes (1965) (2)
2. Non-Equilibrium Conditions Within The Semiconductor (1957) (1)
Ion-Diffusion Potentials andElectrical Rectification AcrossLipid Membranes Activated byExcitation-Induc ed Material (membraneconductance/sphingomyelin/D-a-tocopherol) (1972) (0)
Thermistor bolometers. (1946) (0)
Money, Accounting, and Research Talent (1964) (0)
Money, Accounting, and Research Talent. (1964) (0)
Serious Consequences Loom If FY 07 Budget Is Frozen (0)
Essay on the Tenth Anniversary of the Transistor (1958) (0)
Historical development of concepts basic to the understanding of semiconductors (1959) (0)
Development of Concepts in Semiconductor Research. Richtmyer Lecture 1956 (1956) (0)
Offspring of the physics revolution (1973) (0)
Ele5etd Emerging Topics in Ic Design 1 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Ele5etd Emerging Topics in Ic Design Module No. 1: Driving Forces of Future Semiconductor Technol (0)
Looking Back on Books and Other Guides. (1981) (0)
PAPER 5 – Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action† (1969) (0)
Experiments Connecting Semiconductor Properties and Catalysis (1957) (0)
142 Principles of Electronics Invented in 1948 (0)
Electrically controllable switching element of semiconductor material (1949) (0)
Bipolar Junction Transistor _____________________________________________ 2.0 History (0)

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