The materiality of microelectronics

History and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-325

  Lécuyer, Christophe ^a   Brock, David C ^a  

^a Chemical Heritage Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystals; Electronic Materials; Innovation; Integrated Circuit; Microelectronics; Semiconductor Industry; Transistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044816212     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510600803440     Document Type: Article

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