Criticality of metal resources for functional materials used in electronics and microelectronics

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 309-311

  Reller, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Electronics; Functional materials; Metals; Resources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; CULTURAL FACTORS; FUNCTIONAL METALS; FUNCTIONALIZED; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; RECYCLABILITY; RESOURCES; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; METALS; MICROELECTRONICS;

STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

EID: 80052291958     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201105126     Document Type: Article

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