William Shockley
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American physicist and inventor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Bradford Shockley Jr. was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for "their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect".
William Shockley's Published Works
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Published Works
- Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p‐n Junction Solar Cells (1961) (10351)
- Statistics of the Recombinations of Holes and Electrons (1952) (5099)
- Deformation Potentials and Mobilities in Non-Polar Crystals (1950) (2036)
- Carrier Generation and Recombination in P-N Junctions and P-N Junction Characteristics (1957) (1856)
- The theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors and p-n junction transistors (1949) (1768)
- Dislocation Models of Crystal Grain Boundaries (1950) (1647)
- Currents to Conductors Induced by a Moving Point Charge (1938) (1119)
- Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors (1952) (1034)
- Electronic Polarizabilities of Ions in Crystals (1953) (1019)
- Imperfections in Nearly Perfect Crystals (1952) (952)
- Photon-Radiative Recombination of Electrons and Holes in Germanium (1954) (847)
- Problems related to p-n junctions in silicon (1961) (831)
- On the Surface States Associated with a Periodic Potential (1939) (821)
- Anisotropic elasticity with applications to dislocation theory (1953) (764)
- A Unipolar "Field-Effect" Transistor (1952) (627)
- Hot electrons in germanium and Ohm's law (1951) (395)
- Studies of the Propagation Velocity of a Ferromagnetic Domain Boundary (1950) (382)
- Order-Disorder Transformations in Alloys (1938) (321)
- p − n Junction Transistors (1951) (273)
- The Mobility and Life of Injected Holes and Electrons in Germanium (1951) (271)
- Magnetic Domain Patterns on Single Crystals of Silicon Iron (1949) (254)
- Metal Precipitates in Silicon p‐n Junctions (1960) (248)
- On the Statistics of Individual Variations of Productivity in Research Laboratories (1957) (242)
- Electron-Hole Recombination Statistics in Semiconductors through Flaws with Many Charge Conditions (1958) (200)
- "Try Simplest Cases" Discovery of "Hidden Momentum" Forces on "Magnetic Currents" (1967) (195)
- Negative resistance arising from transit time in semiconductor diodes (1954) (191)
- Modulation of Conductance of Thin Films of Semi-Conductors by Surface Charges (1948) (186)
- Statistics of the Charge Distribution for a Localized Flaw in a Semiconductor (1957) (173)
- Dislocations in metals (1954) (170)
- Space-Charge Limited Emission in Semiconductors (1953) (156)
- Trapped‐Energy Modes in Quartz Filter Crystals (1967) (150)
- Theory of Order for the Copper Gold Alloy System (1938) (148)
- Energy Trapping and Related Studies of Multiple Electrode Filter Crystals (1963) (131)
- On the theory of space charge between parallel plane electrodes (1938) (128)
- Solubility of Flaws in Heavily-Doped Semiconductors (1960) (117)
- Energy Bands and Mobilities in Monatomic Semiconductors (1950) (116)
- A Theory of Noise for Electron Multipliers (1938) (113)
- Avalanche Effects in Silicon p—n Junctions. I. Localized Photomultiplication Studies on Microplasmas (1963) (113)
- Observations of Zener Current in Germanium p-n Junctions (1951) (109)
- Quantitative Predictions from Dislocation Models of Crystal Grain Boundaries (1949) (109)
- A Simple Domain Structure in an Iron Crystal Showing a Direct Correlation with the Magnetization (1949) (108)
- The Impedance Field Method of Noise Calculation in Active Semiconductor Devices (1966) (105)
- The path to the conception of the junction transistor (1976) (101)
- Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors with Applications to Transistor Electronics (1950) (88)
- Investigation of Oxidation of Copper by Use of Radioactive Cu Tracer (1946) (88)
- Mobile electric charges on insulating oxides with application to oxide covered silicon p-n junctions☆ (1964) (84)
- Diffusion along Small-Angle Grain Boundaries in Silicon (1961) (82)
- The Self-Diffusion of Copper (1939) (82)
- Theory and Experiment for a Germanium p − n Junction (1951) (79)
- Optical Absorption by the Alkali Halides (1936) (78)
- Mobilities of Electrons in High Electric Fields (1951) (77)
- Diffusion and Drift of Minority Carriers in Semiconductors for Comparable Capture and Scattering Mean Free Paths (1962) (74)
- Problems related top-n junctions in silicon (1961) (72)
- The Empty Lattice Test of the Cellular Method in Solids (1937) (70)
- Investigation of Hole Injection in Transistor Action (1949) (66)
- The Mobility of Electrons in Silver Chloride (1951) (66)
- Hole injection in germanium - Quantitative studies and filamentary transistors (1949) (64)
- Energy Band Structures in Semiconductors (1950) (60)
- Microwave Observation of the Collision Frequency of Electrons in Germanium (1953) (59)
- Electrons, Holes, and Traps (1958) (57)
- Dysgenics, Geneticity, Raceology: A Challenge to the Intellectual Responsibility of Educators. (1972) (51)
- Ultrasonic Observation of Twinning in Tin (1948) (50)
- Some Predicted Effects of Temperature Gradients on Diffusion in Crystals (1953) (47)
- Secondary breakdown and hot spots in power transistors (1963) (46)
- Electronic Energy Bands in Sodium Chloride (1936) (46)
- Electron Microscope and Electron‐Diffraction Study of Slip in Metal Crystals (1947) (46)
- "Hidden Linear Momentum" Related to theα→·E→Term for a Dirac-Electron Wave Packet in an Electric Field (1968) (43)
- Charges on Oxidized Silicon Surfaces (1963) (42)
- Cyclotron Resonances, Magnetoresistance, and Brillouin Zones in Semiconductors (1953) (41)
- Concentrating Holes and Electrons by Magnetic Fields (1949) (39)
- An Electron Microscope for Filaments: Emission and Adsorption by Tungsten Single Crystals (1936) (38)
- Jensen's data on Spearman's hypothesis: No artifact (1987) (38)
- Transistor Electronics: Imperfections, Unipolar And Analog Transistors (1952) (34)
- Scattering of Electrons in Crystals in the Presence of Large Electric Fields (1950) (33)
- Effect of Magnetic Fields on Conduction—"Tube Integrals" (1950) (33)
- Physical Principles of Avalanche Transistor Pulse Circuits (1959) (33)
- A "try simplest cases" resolution of the abraham-minkowski controversy on electromagnetic momentum in matter. (1968) (32)
- Negro Iq Deficit: Failure of a “Malicious Coincidence” Model Warrants New Research Proposals (1971) (29)
- Field‐Enhanced Donor Diffusion in Degenerate Semiconductor Layers (1961) (29)
- Stark Ladders for Finite, One-Dimensional Models of Crystals (1972) (28)
- Holes and electrons (1950) (26)
- Gunn Domain Dynamics (1966) (24)
- Theory of Magnetic Properties and Nucleation in Alnico V (1950) (23)
- Dissected Amplifiers Using Negative Resistance (1954) (23)
- Acetylation of Cellulose in Phosphoric Acid Solution (1948) (21)
- Models, Mathematics, and the Moral Obligation to Diagnose the Origin of Negro Iq Deficits (1971) (21)
- Probing the Space-Charge Layer in a p-n Junction (1952) (19)
- Transmitted Phonon Drag Measurements in Silicon (1960) (18)
- A "try simplest cases" approach to the heredity-poverty-crime problem. (1967) (17)
- Density of Surface States on Silicon Deduced from Contact Potential Measurements (1947) (17)
- Thermal Instabilities and Hot Spots in Junction Transistors (1962) (17)
- Unit-cube expression for space-charge resistance (1967) (17)
- Shockley on Eugenics and Race: The Application of Science to the Solution of Human Problems (1992) (17)
- Theories of High Values of Alpha for Collector Contacts on Germanium (1950) (16)
- Joining solutions at the pinch-off point in “field-effect” transistor (1953) (16)
- Measurement of Diffusion in Semiconductors by a Capacitance Method (1952) (14)
- The surface-controlled avalanche transistor (1964) (14)
- Measurement of the Domain‐Wall Energy of the Orthoferrites (1968) (12)
- Comment on Mobility Anomalies in Germanium (1950) (12)
- The quantum physics of solids, I the energies of electrons in crystals (1939) (10)
- Interpretation of Dependence of Resistivity of Germanium on Electric Field (1949) (10)
- HALL MEASUREMENTS USING CORBINO‐LIKE CURRENT SOURCES IN THIN CIRCULAR DISKS (1964) (9)
- A new direct measurement of the domain wall energy of the orthoferrites (1968) (8)
- Theory of transient build-up in avalanche transistors (1959) (6)
- Energy Bands for the Face-Centered Lattice (1937) (6)
- The Nature of the Metallic State (1939) (5)
- Imperfection in nearly perfect crystals : symposium held at Pocono Manor, October 12-14, 1950 (1952) (5)
- New experiments on interaction of phonons with crystalline defects (1961) (5)
- Creative failure methodology (1973) (5)
- Proposed research to reduce racial aspects of the environment-heredity uncertainty. (1968) (5)
- S-ambiguity of Poynting's integral theorem eliminated by conceptual experiments with pulsed current distributions (1968) (4)
- Some theoretical aspects of the physics of solar cells (1961) (4)
- Solid State Physics in Electronics and in Metallurgy (1952) (4)
- On the Interaction of Atoms in Alloys (1938) (4)
- INTERPRETATION OF e/m VALUES FOR ELECTRONS IN CRYSTALS (1952) (4)
- Response of a P-N junction to a linearly decreasing current (1961) (4)
- Semiconductor Amplifier Patent (1998) (4)
- Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg frequencies caused by assortative mating in hybrid populations. (1973) (4)
- A Debate Challenge: Geneticity Is 80 percent for White Identical Twins' I.Q.'s. (1972) (4)
- Articulated science teaching and balanced emphasis (1966) (4)
- The “hidden momentum” equivalent to magnetic charges for a bound-state dirac electron (1968) (3)
- TEACHING SCIENTIFIC THINKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. (1964) (3)
- Automatic Sputtering of Tantalum Films for Resistor and Capacitor Fabrication (1964) (3)
- 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics (1957) (2)
- The behavior of holes and electrons in semiconductors (1950) (2)
- Lattice vibration spectra of GaAs sub x P sub 1 sub -x single crystals. (1966) (2)
- Force and momentum for magnetized bodies. (1967) (1)
- Application of an Electrical Timing Device to Certain Mechanics Experiments (1936) (1)
- Proposed Important Mental Tools for Scientific Thinking at the High School Level. (1963) (1)
- An Invited Essay on Transistor Business (1958) (1)
- Slip patterns and dislocation models of heavily doped silicon surfaces (1961) (1)
- The forty-sixth Kelvin Lecture. 'Transistor physics' (1956) (1)
- On the Binding of Neutrons and Protons (1936) (1)
- Thermal instability in power transistors (1962) (1)
- Hidden momentum for non-steady-state defined using a new mass-moment operator theorem for Dirac's equation (1971) (1)
- 1969 -- Correspondence, Unsorted -- letter, 1969-04-15 (1969) (0)
- Articulated science teaching andbalancedemphasis Theexperiences that stayinourmemoryarethose that are dramatic, orareexaggerated, orareunusual insomeother way. Teaching experiments haveshownthat this principle can provide uswith auseful scientific thinking tool (1966) (0)
- Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Autumn Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Washington, D.C., 16 October 1972 (1973) (0)
- A "try simplest cases" resolution of the energy-momentum tensor controversy for electromagnetic fields in matter. (1968) (0)
- PAPER 9 – p-n Junctions in Semiconductors † (1969) (0)
- 914—1989 a Biographical Memoir By (0)
- I.4 EFFECT OF ELECTRON AND IMPURITY DENSITY ON THE FIELD-DEPENDENCE OF MOBILITY IN GERMANIUM* (1959) (0)
- Bipolar Junction Transistor _____________________________________________ 2.0 History (0)
- Awards: IEEE major medalists for 1980 (1980) (0)
- Bell laboratories scientist named nobel laureate (1977) (0)
- Distribution of Recombination Cur- rent in Emitter-Base Junctions of (1961) (0)
- The Conservation of Energy Concept in Ninth Grade General Science, Final Report. (1968) (0)
- (assortative Caucasian-Negro mating/variance of Caucasian admixture/California Negroes) (0)
- Erratum: On the Binding of Neutrons and Protons (1936) (0)
- PAPER 15 – A Unipolar “Field-effect” Transistor†‡ (1969) (0)
- Electronic bands in sodium chloride (1936) (0)
- PAPER 14 – Unipolar and Analog Transistors† (1969) (0)
- PREDICTED INTERVALLEY SCATTERING EFFECTS IN GERMANIUM (1958) (0)
- Abstracts of Bell System technical papers not published in this journal (1951) (0)
- Serious Consequences Loom If FY 07 Budget Is Frozen (0)
- Ele5etd Emerging Topics in Ic Design 1 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Ele5etd Emerging Topics in Ic Design Module No. 1: Driving Forces of Future Semiconductor Technol (0)
- A piezoelectric resonator (1964) (0)
- Race and Heredity (1971) (0)
- PREPARATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS (1957) (0)
- A process for producing a plurality of pn UEbergaengen in Halbleiterkoerpern for transistors by diffusion (1956) (0)
- Physics of the Solid State (1944) (0)
- Global Information and World Communication, Hamid Mowlana. 1986. Longman, White Plains, NY. 248 pages. Index. ISBN: 0-582-28519-4. $34.95 hard cover (1988) (0)
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