Disordered Materials: Science and Technology
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1. Verfasser: Adler, David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Springer US 1991
Schriftenreihe:Institute for Amorphous Studies Series
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Beschreibung:Landmark contributions to science and technology are rarely recognized at the time of publication. Few people, even in technical areas, recognized the importance of developments such as the transistor, the laser, or electrophotography until well after their successful demonstration. So-called experts, in fact, tend to resist new inventions, a natural instinct based on a combination of fear of obsolescent expertise and jealousy arising from lack of active participation in the discovery. Denigration of new ideas is a relatively safe modus operandi, since the vast majority eventually are abandoned well short of commerciality. However, a successful device can be identified by mechanisms for the origin of the phenomena, and reached important conclusions about the physical nature of the materials at equilibrium and their electronic nonequilibrium properties. Many of these ideas were condensed into a publication for Physical Review Letters, paper 1 in this collection. This paper immediately attracted attention to the field, and directly lead to the initiation of large research efforts at both industrial laboratories and universities throughout the world. Inevitably, there was the usual amount of controversy, with many experts simultaneously taking positions (2) and (3) above. It has now been well over 20 years since the original publication date, and an objective view can be taken in hindsight
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (410p)
ISBN:9781468487459
9781468487473
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4684-8745-9

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