{"product_id":"electronic-structure-of-metal-semiconductor-contacts-9780792308546","title":"Electronic Structure of Metal-Semiconductor Contacts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Winfried Mönch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterface and surface science have been important in the development of semicon- ductor physics right from the beginning on. Modern device concepts are not only based on p-n junctions, which are interfaces between regions containing different types of dopants, but take advantage of the electronic properties of semiconductor- insulator interfaces, heterojunctions between distinct semiconductors, and metal- semiconductor contacts. The latter ones stood almost at the very beginning of semi- conductor physics at the end of the last century. The rectifying properties of metal-semiconductor contacts were first described by Braun in 1874. A physically correct explanation of unilateral conduction, as this deviation from Ohm's law was called, could not be given at that time. A prerequisite was Wilson's quantum theory of electronic semi-conductors which he published in 1931. A few years later, in 1938, Schottky finally explained the rectification at metal-semiconductor contacts by a space-\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45282909094039,"sku":"9780792308546","price":14690.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780792308546.webp?v=1769303535","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/electronic-structure-of-metal-semiconductor-contacts-9780792308546","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}