Abstract
Semiconductor science began in 1874. At the end of this year, Ferdinand Braun described his discovery of the rectifying properties of metal—semiconductor contacts in an article entitled Über die Stromleitung durch Schwefelmetalle.1 This publication deals with an interface-controlled device and, in this, it is an excellent example of the intimate interaction between fundamental research of bulk, surface, as well as interface properties and device physics that has been a characteristic of semiconductor physics since then. The expression Halbleiter or semi-conductor was, most probably, first used by Koenigsberger and Weiss in 1911.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2004 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Mönch, W. (2004). Introduction. In: Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Interfaces. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06945-5_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06945-5_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-05778-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-06945-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive